On Friday, August 13, 2021, a working meeting of the Director General of the Roskosmos State Corporation Dmitry Rogozina with the Director General of the Tunisian company Telnet Holding Mohammed Frikh, with the participation of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Tunisian Republic in the Russian Federation Tarakin Ben Salema. / P>
The President of the Cais Said Tunisian Republic of Cais Said was also attended in a remote format meeting, giving a high assessment of Russian-Tunisian cooperation in the field of space and noting that Russia and Tunisia have great opportunities for implementing mutually beneficial joint projects.
In the framework of the meeting, the parties discussed the prospects for Russian-Tunisian cooperation in the field of manned space flights, in particular, the intentions of the Tunisian side to prepare and launch into space of a woman-astronaut.
The result of the meeting was the signing of a joint memorandum on understanding regarding bilateral cooperation in the field of aerobatic space flights.