A statement issued by the Presidency said the government's crisis cell took steps to protect the touristic areas in the country and called all public institutions to intensify security at its' respective areas.
The Tunisian government also beefed up security on the border with Libya as part of the heightened security alert.
This security operation is overseen by cabinet and the Ministries of Interior and Defense in addition to number of security apparatuses, it said.
Meanwhile, Tunisian Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche (photo) said “the terrorist attack of last Wednesday, against the Bardo Museum, aimed to jeopardize the successful democratic experience in Tunisia,” Agence Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported.
“This attack could only strengthen the determination of the Tunisian government to take up the security challenges including the fight against terrorism, comprehensive and sustainable economic development and social wellbeing,” he added.
Taieb Baccouche said that Tunisia estimates that its security and stability depend on the security of Libya and that the Libyan issue could be solved only by the Libyan themselves.
The Minister also emphasized the key role of the neighboring states of Libya which, according to him, remain the most concerned by this situation, reasserting Tunisia’s support to all the regional and international initiatives aimed to find a peaceful solution to the Libyan crisis voicing hope to see the works of the next meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya, due on April 1st in Niamey (Niger), crowned with Success.
Source: TAP
