The President of Tunisia, His Excellency Beji Caid Essebsi (English)
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 2015-05-21

A day before meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi lamented the difficulty of his country’s position as the only nation to have built a peaceful democracy after the Arab Spring uprisings, and he appealed for vigorous American support. Essebsi spoke and took questions from an overflow audience at the U.S. Institute of Peace today. 

Beforehand, he spoke briefly in an exclusive interview with USIP Acting Executive Vice President Bill Taylor, a former U.S. ambassador who also served as special coordinator for Middle East Transitions in the U.S. State Department, overseeing assistance and support to Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Syria.