Saïed tells his economic team to turn Tunisia's debt into investment

According to a presidency statement, Kaïs Saïed received Prime Minister Sarra Zaâfrani Zenzri, Economy and Planning Minister Samir Abdelhafidh and central bank governor Fethi Zouhair Nouri at Carthage on Monday to review the newly promulgated law approving the 2026-2030 development plan. He said the debt had "accumulated without the Tunisian people benefiting from it", stressed that Tunisia had honoured every commitment with no arrears, and called for the burden to be converted into a lever of investment to rebuild public services. The wording is in effect the government's opening position for any future renegotiation, even as the same week brought fresh borrowing from Afreximbank and the World Bank rather than an IMF programme.

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