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Tunisia Dismisses Reports on Allowing US, NATO Bases Deployment

© REUTERS / Francois LenoirFlags fly at half mast at NATO headquarters in Brussels, March 23, 2016.
Flags fly at half mast at NATO headquarters in Brussels, March 23, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Tunisia never gave permission for the deployment of US or NATO military bases on the country's territory, the president of the Tunisian parliament said.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) Last week, US President Barack Obama announced he designated Tunisia as a major non-NATO ally of Washington. Following the statement, media reports suggested the Tunisian government allowed the alliance to deploy a military base in the north African country.

"This is not true, there are no such plans. Tunisia would never agree to the presence of any foreign military base on its territory," Mohamed Ennaceur told RT in an interview.

Ennaceur stressed his opposition to the US and NATO intentions to use army and air forces to fight terrorism in Libya, as that would be an intervention.

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