Respect is needed with countries
like Tunisia and Egypt, Premier Giorgia Meloni said on arriving
at the extraordinary EU summit on the Middle East in Brussels on
Thursday.
"I have said this and I reiterate it, you can't think of talking
to another nation with a paternalistic or superior approach,"
she said.
"If you decide to talk about a strategic partnership you must
show respect and that has been missing with Tunisia at times."
Tunisia rejected a first tranche of EU aid under a memorandum of
understanding signed by Meloni, European Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte earlier
this year describing it as charity.
EU sources said Tunis had expected more.
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