Tunisian Defense Minister: Our forces have been deployed along the borders with Libya, and we demand our citizens to understand the seriousness of the situation.

Tunisia, July 19, 2020 (LANA) - The Tunisian Defense Minister, Imad Al-Hazqi, said that the exceptional and dangerous situation in Libya had prompted Tunisia to double its caution and prudence by deploying the army along the common border, calling on Tunisian citizens on the border to understand the accuracy and seriousness of the situation. This came in statements made by Al-Hazqi carried by the Tunisian News Agency "TAP" during his attendance, on Friday, of the graduation of the course "Major Fawzi Al-Zayati" at the Military Academy at the new hotel. In response to a question about fears of infiltrators carrying the Corona virus, Al-Hazqi said: The fears are not due to the infiltration of those who carry the virus, but rather the dangerous and exceptional situation in Libya, where there is war and a large flow of arms, adding that this situation pushed Tunisia to Double the caution and prudence by deploying the army along the common border. He pointed to an escalation in the frequency of infiltration attempts, which he said would be addressed in full severity and professionalism, especially since the border areas are military buffer zones, in which the law allows the army to use all means to address these phenomena, and called on Tunisian citizens on the border to understand the accuracy and seriousness of the situation and not Increase its complexity to avoid any events in the buffer zone.