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Hollande calls for further support to Tunisia after Nobel Peace Prize

Xinhua, October 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

Congratulating Tunisians Nobel Prize winners, French President Francois Hollande on Friday called on international community to further support political transition in the north African country and provide it with needed financial aid to uproot terrorism.

Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet's winning of the Nobel Peace Prize "confirms the success of the democratic transition in Tunisia and is also an encouragement for further support to Tunisia in the challenges which it is facing," Hollande said.

The Socialist leader pledged cooperation with France's traditional North African ally "at the required high level," mainly in tourism and defense.

"Europe and the world must not simply present an award to Tunisia but bring aid," he added.

Earlier on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the quartet the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for "its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia" and efforts to avoid a civil war.

In 2013, a civil war loomed in Tunisia due to long political standoff between secular opponents and Islamist-led government which triggered massive protests against the ruling Islamist Ennahda party.

The quartet proposed to negotiate with rival sides to bridge rifts and help to compose a caretaker government to hold power until new elections were held. Endit