Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who arrived in Tunisia earlier on Saturday after a landmark visit to Libya, held talks with Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the Tunisian News Agency reported.
The two leaders discussed the Tunisian-American relations and regional issues as well as current international hot issues, according to the report.
Rice called their talks as effective and served to further enhance the long-running relations between Tunisia and the United States, which she described as profound and based on cooperation and cover many different areas.
During their talks, they reviewed the developments of the situation in the region and the fight against terrorism, as well as Rice's talks with the Libyan leaders, according to the report.
Rice also hailed what she called Tunis's leading role in building the Arab Maghreb Union, a framework to address issues in the region.
The two leader also discussed the path of reform in Tunisia, and Rice especially noted the distinguished role played by women in Tunisia.
The U.S. secretary of state arrived here at dawn Saturday from Libya, in the second stop of her tour. Besides Tunis, she would also visit two other Maghreb countries, Algeria and Morocco.
Source: Xinhua
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