Adress by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali at the Ceremony for the Accreditation of New Foreign Ambassadors Carthage, January 13, 2000 In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate, Excellencies, We have just had the pleasure of receiving the letters accrediting you as ambassadors of your brotherly and friendly countries to Tunisia. While expressing my gratitude to the leaders of your respective countries for the kind feelings they have expressed toward my person and toward Tunisia and the Tunisian people, feelings by which I am very touched, I would like in turn to request that you kindly convey to the leaders of your countries and to your peoples the expressions of our friendship and our consideration. As you start your mission, I would like to welcome you cordially to your second homeland, Tunisia, whose people regard your countries and peoples with deep affection and respect. I would also like to offer you my sincere congratulations on the confidence you have enjoyed and express the hope that , thanks to your action, Tunisia's relations with the brotherly and friendly countries you represent, will continue to be further consolidated, and that success will crown your efforts in the accomplishment of your mission. In the framework of our special relations with your countries, we will endeavor to provide you with all necessary assistance and support from the Tunisian authorities in order to facilitate your task and guarantee the best of conditions for the accomplishment of your mission. Thus, in addition to the direct contacts I personally make with my brothers and friends the leaders of your countries, we will see to it that all channels of contact and dialogue are always open to you. We are hopeful that our ties will further develop in the future and that the relations of friendship and fruitful cooperation between Tunisia and your countries will continue to develop in furtherance of our mutual interests, in line with our peoples' aspirations to security, peace, well-being and progress. In reiterating my welcome and sincere congratulations to you, I would like to express, through you, my renewed feelings of brotherhood, friendship and consideration to the leaders of your respective countries, as well as my best wishes for their personal and their peoples' continued progress, success and prosperity'' Speech by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali before the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to Tunis (23 January 2003) Speech by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali before the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to Tunis (15 January 2002) Foreign Policy Speech by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (29 January 2001) Foreign Policy Speech by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (27 January 2000) Speech by President Ben Ali at the closing of the annual conference of the heads of diplomatic and consular missions (25 August 99) Foreign Policy Speech by President Ben Ali (28 January 99).