Yesterday, Wednesday, the Tunisian Minister of National Defense, Imed Memmiche, reiterated Tunisia's bilateral and multilateral commitment to countries on both shores of the Mediterranean in fields of shared interest.

In his remarks during the 19th meeting of the Ministers of Defense of the member countries of the 5+5 Initiative in Lisbon, under the presidency of Portugal, the Tunisian Minister praised the efforts exerted made by the Portuguese authorities to achieve the goals set in the fields of training, sea and air monitoring and rescue operations, so as to develop joint operational activities between the member countries' armies, in the service of the security and stability of the west coast of the Mediterranean, stated the Ministry of National Defense.

He also hailed the work carried out by the Euro-Maghreb Centre for Strategic Research and Studies and the contribution of the Tunisian team in supervising a research project in 2023 on the new security challenges in the western Mediterranean.

The Tunisian Defense Minister thanked the Italian side for its commitment to overseeing a research project in 2024 on climate change and its social, political and economic impact on 5+5 area security.

The final declaration of the meeting included a set of recommendations, the most important of which was the need to keep up efforts to scale up multilateral cooperation for the Western Mediterranean's security, added the Tunisian Defense Ministry.