(ANSA) – TUNIS, 17 FEB – “It is not at this age that I will begin a career as a dictator”. This is what the Tunisian president, Kaïs Saïed, declared on his arrival at the sixth summit in Brussels where he participates in the work of the summit that brings together today and tomorrow the leaders of the European Union and the African Union, answering a journalist’s question on accusations of a dictatorial drift of Tunisia.
“I am a constitutionalist. I can only be attached to the rule of law and to the institutions”, said the president according to reports from the Tunisian press who is following with some interest Saied’s first trip to Europe after his coup d’état on the 25th. last July.
When asked about his expectations of this summit, he told another journalist: “Opening new perspectives in relations with the European Union and the whole world. Today we have entered a new phase in history. We need new ideas and we also need of new concepts. The whole world has entered a new era of history. We are at an appointment with this new history. ” In another statement, this time released to an Arabic-speaking media, he said he had come to Brussels to talk about the “causes that led us to this situation and the means that will allow us to get out of it”, referring to the entire continent. African, noting in this sense, the importance of cooperation on an equal footing. (HANDLE)
Source: Ansa
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