OREANDA-NEWS. June 19, 2008. Tunisia is planning to open its embassy in Ukraine, Secretary of State for European Affairs of the Tunisian Foreign Ministry Mohamed Hatem Ben Salem said during a meeting with the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada's committee on foreign relations, Oleh Bilous, the parliament's information department said.

The diplomats discussed the development of bilateral relations and prospects for cooperation between the parliaments of Ukraine and Tunisia.

Hatem Ben Salem said that the goal of his visit to Ukraine is the development of bilateral relations and consideration of prospects for cooperation aimed at maintaining and developing an inter-parliamentary dialogue.