Tunis, 24 April-(ANA)-France has concluded a nuclear cooperation deal and an 80 million-euro ($104.2 million) aid package for Tunisia during a visit by its prime minister to the country, the two governments said on Thursday.
The deal to help Tunisia develop civil nuclear technology was struck a year ago during a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and was accompanied by agreements on industrial cooperation and transport, Tunisian state news agency TAP said.
It follows similar atomic energy deals with Algeria, Libya and Morocco and will help Tunisia develop its first nuclear power station by 2020, producing 900 megawatts of electricity, the equivalent of 20 percent of the country's energy needs.(ANA)
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