Embassy of the United States

U.S./Tunisian Cooperation

 The United States has valued strong diplomatic relations with Tunisia for over 200 years. On March 26, 1799, the first agreement of friendship and trade was concluded between Tunisia and the United States.

The first American consulate was established in Tunis on January 20, 1800. On May 17, 1956, the U.S. was the first great power to recognize the sovereign state of Tunisia. In March 1957, an agreement for American economic and technical aid, the first in a long series, was signed in Tunis.

In 1961, Tunisia became the first Arab country to request and receive Peace Corps Volunteers, starting a partnership between our two countries that spanned 34 years and enabled 2,382 Americans to join forces with the people of Tunisia in a common endeavor to improve the human condition.

Today the ties of friendship and cooperation between Tunisia and the United States continue to be strengthened within the framework of progress towards the ideals and values of liberty, democracy, and free enterprise.