On Thursday, the Tunisian foreign ministry denied media reports about diplomatic talks between the Arab country and Israel.
"The Tunisian authorities are not interested in establishing diplomatic relations with Israel," the Tunisian foreign ministry wrote in a statement on its official Facebook page (banned in Russia; owned by Meta Corporation, recognized as an extremist organization in Russia). - "The ministry of foreign affairs confirms that all assumptions about diplomatic negotiations [between Tunisia and Israel] spread in a number of media outlets are false."
The Tunisian foreign ministry noted that "the media spreading such rumors are trying to damage the country's image and its position on the Palestinian issue." "We adhere to the firm position that Tunisia supports the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people," the ministry said. - "Tunisian President Kais Saied has repeatedly stated that they [the Palestinians] have legitimate rights, first and foremost, to establish an independent Palestinian state with [East] Jerusalem as its capital."
The issue of a possible reconciliation between the two countries, which sparked a heated debate in Tunisian society, arose after a report published in the Israel Hayom newspaper, which claimed that "Tunisia and Israel are exploring possibilities for normalizing relations and further rapprochement, but the Tunisian authorities are countered by the Islamist opposition and Algeria."
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Based on materials from TASS