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Poland–Tunisia relations arebilateral relations betweenPoland andTunisia. Both nations are full members of theWorld Trade Organization, theUnion for the Mediterranean and theUnited Nations.
An honorary consulate of Poland was established inTunis in 1932, and elevated to a consulate in 1943, however, it was closed in 1945.[1]
Polish and French-led Tunisian troops both fought againstNazi Germany inWorld War II. Tunisian prisoners of war were held by the Germans alike Polish and otherAllied POWs in theStalag II-B andStalag II-DPOW camps, located inCzarne andStargard, respectively.[2][3] Both Polish and Tunisian POWs were subjected to poor treatment by the Germans, who regarded them as "racially inferior".[4] ThePolish Fighting Team fought against Germany in Tunisia in 1943.Poles andTunisians were part of the large Allied coalition in theBattle of Monte Cassino of 1944.
Poland recognized Tunisia in 1956, shortly after the Tunisian declaration of independence. Bilateral relations were established in 1959. A cultural cooperation agreement between Poland and Tunisia was signed in Tunis in 1966.[5]
Future Tunisian President and dictatorZine El Abidine Ben Ali was an ambassador of Tunisia to Poland from 1980 to 1984.[6]
In 1993, adouble tax avoidance agreement was signed between the two countries in Tunis.[7]
In 2000, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali paid an official visit to Poland.[8]
Following theTunisian Revolution of 2010–2011, Tunisia sought Poland's help in democratizing the country and dealing with the ousted dictatorship. The first study visit of Tunisian officials andNGOs to Poland took place in 2012.[9] Further such Polish-Tunisian meetings were held in the following years, and in 2013,Łukasz Kamiński, President of the PolishInstitute of National Remembrance (IPN) visited Tunis and participated in a seminar regarding Polish experience in transitional justice.[10] Polish experts assisted Tunisians in drafting of the act on transitional justice.[9] In 2014, the President of the IPN was present at the inauguration of Tunisia'sTruth and Dignity Commission in Tunis.[9]
Three Polish nationals were killed in the 2015Bardo National Museum attack in Tunis.
In October 2021, Poland donated some four tons of medical equipment and supplies, includingventilators andpulse oximeters, to Tunisia to help combat theCOVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia.[11]
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