Tunisia and Armenia on Tuesday signed an agreement on visa exemption for holders of diplomatic passports and a memorandum of understanding on political consultations between the two countries Ministries of Foreign Affairs, according to a department press release. The agreement was inked by Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mounir Ben Rjiba and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan, during the first session of the Tunisian-Armenian political consultations held on Tuesday in Tunis, which focused on the state of bilateral relations and ways to further foster them. A number of regional and international issues of joint interest, notably the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories were also discussed during the meeting, with emphasis on the need to reject the ongoing brutal aggression targeting civilians, hospitals, schools, places of worship and housing in the Gaza Strip. The two officials further pointed out the need for an immediate ceasefire, to ensure the swift delivery of humanitarian aid to those in need in Gaza and all the Palestinian regionse, without conditions or obstacles. They also called for providing international protection to Palestinian civilians in compliance with the UN resolutions and to end the unjust siege of Palestine and the Gaza Strip in particular, as well as the various forms of collective punishment imposed on Palestinians. On the sidelines of the 1st session of political consultations between the two countries, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Nabil Ammar received the Armenian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, who handed him a letter of invitation from his Armenian counterpart to visit Yerevan. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse