Tunisia and Libya have agreed on a mechanism, allowing export trucks to cross through the border between the two countries in line with novel coronavirus (COVID-19) measures.

This came in a phone call between Foreign Minister Mohammed Sayala of the UN-recognized Government of National Accord in Libya, and his Tunisian counterpart Nureddin Er-Ray. 

For food and other exports through Ras Ajdir border gate, both parties decided on new regulations while taking COVID-19 measures into consideration, said a statement by Libya’s Foreign Ministry. 

Under the new mechanism, “truck drivers will wait on both sides of the border, products and trucks will be handed over to the other drivers once they cross the border.” 

Also, Libyans who are currently in southern Tunis will be quarantined in Zarzis city, the ministers decided.