In Tunis with VDL, Rutte to avoid 'domino effect' - Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 8 - Premier Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday she would be in Tunisia with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Sunday to open discussion at European level on how to help the struggling North African country and prevent a "domino effect" of problems further down the line.
    "On Sunday we will return to Tunisia with von der Leyen and Rutte to open the negotiation on the European level to help a country in difficulty" and avoid "a domino effect of further problems," Meloni told reporters after a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Palazzo Chigi in Rome.
    The mission aims to encourage reforms that would trigger a critical IMF bailout amid political and social turmoil that has spurred a huge increase in migration by sea to Italy.
    The trio will meet in Tunis with President Kais Saied with the issues of migration and economic and energy cooperation topping the agenda, the European Commission said on Thursday. (ANSA).