President of the Jordanian Businessmen Association (JBA), Hamdi Tabbaa, and Tunisian Ambassador to Jordan, Moufida Zribi, on Sunday discussed ways to strengthen Arab partnerships and support inter-Arab investments.
During the meeting, the two sides also went over enhancing bilateral economic, trade, and investment cooperation by activating the Jordanian-Tunisian Joint Business Council, which was established in 2016.
According to a JBA statement, Tabbaa stressed the importance of strengthening Jordanian-Tunisian relations at the economic, trade, and investment levels and intensifying meetings for the two countries’ businesspeople and the private sector to present “promising” investment opportunities and benefit from them, especially in the Kingdom’s development, service, and tourism projects.
Tabbaa pointed to the importance of issuing a unified Arab visa for Arab investors, including unified investment laws, to promote inter-Arab investments in various economic sectors and achieve their common interests, calling for strengthening trade exchanges, particularly in terms of Jordanian exports.
Tabbaa noted the need to enhance the two countries’ “untapped” export opportunities, especially in the garment, fertilizer, and chemical sectors, increasing the number of Tunisian tourists to Jordan and promoting archaeological, religious, and medical tourism in the Kingdom.
Zribi, for her part, pointed to the need to activate the Joint Business Council soon, increase trade exchange, and benefit from priviliges of the Kingdom’s investment environment.
The diplomat affirmed the embassy’s “readiness” to facilitate meetings for trade delegations, which would positively reflect on the the two countries’ economic interests.
The envoy added that the volume of mutual trade exchange has surged in recent years, emphasizing the importance of increasing the number of mutual tourist flow.
Based on official figures, Jordan-Tunisia trade exchange amounted to approximately $38 million in 2023, with the Kingdom’s exports concentrated in aluminum, pharmaceutical products, fertilizers, and organic chemicals.