Tunis: Tunisia is determined to work progressively to contain the pressure on public finances and improve the economic situation, Finance Minister Sihem Nemsia said during a meeting with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Africa and the Middle East, Eric Meyer. Nemsia stressed during the meeting held in Tunis on Tuesday Tunisia's determination to implement several reforms, fight corruption, establish a fair tax system by broadening the tax base and integrating the parallel economy in order to restore economic and financial stability. This is besides, boosting investment and strengthening the social role of the state, especially in caring for vulnerable and low-income groups, according to statement from the Finance Ministry. She pointed out that the policy of self-reliance is a national option through which Tunisia seeks to preserve national sovereignty, cut the budget deficit, reduce the size of the public external debt and restore its capacity to achieve the expected economic recovery and re store the vitality of the productive sectors in the coming period. Nemsia reviewed the main indicators that reflect the country's economic and financial resilience despite the negative impact of the health pandemic, geopolitical conflicts and climatic changes that the world is witnessing and their negative effects on the economic situation and financial balances. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse