EU disburses 162 million euro grant to Tunisia

CAIRO, June 16 (Reuters) – The European Union had disbursed a 162 million euro ($168.64 million) grant to Tunisia as a part of a program to support government reforms in areas like investment liberalization, the Tunisian economy and planning ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

The European Union also disbursed a 300 million euro ($319.74 million) loan to Tunisia in May in the first significant Western financial aid to Tunisia since President Kais Saied took control last summer.

($1 = 0.9606 euros)

(Reporting by Alaa Swilam; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)

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