Brussels, 23/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - The president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) will sign a funding framework agreement on 24 June in Tunisia to help promote “economic development, employment and the renovation of roads in Tunisia”. €163 million has been agreed to this end. This funding is the first of its kind to be granted in the new context and was decided as part of the decisions taken by the G8 at its recent meeting in Deauville. (F.B./transl.fl)