BAGHDAD/ Aswat al-Iraq: Tunisian president expressed desire to lift visas on Iraqis' entry to Tunisia,

Semi-official Iraqiya TV reported in a breaking news expressed this desire while meeting Iraqi Culture Minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi.

In a statement by the ministry said that Dulaimi met Tunisian transport minister Abdul Karim al-Harouni, where bilateral relations were discussed.

Both sides agreed to have mutual flights by the beginning of the new year.

Flights between the two countries were stopped after 2003, with expectations that the return of the flights will increase tourism on both sides.