Tunis Britain wants to review its travel advisory on Tunisia "as soon as possible", after urging its tourists to leave over fears of another deadly attack, London's ambassador said Tuesday. After a jihadist murdered 38 tourists -- including 30 Britons -- at a beach resort north o
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Britain wants to review its travel advisory on Tunisia "as soon as possible", after urging its tourists to leave over fears of another deadly attack, London's ambassador said Tuesday.
After a jihadist murdered 38 tourists -- including 30 Britons -- at a beach resort north of Sousse on June 26, British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke to his Tunisian counterpart Habib Essid.
Cameron "clearly said that we want to review this advice to travellers as soon as possible", Ambassador Hamish Cowell told privately run Shems FM radio.
"For that reason, we are working closely with the Tunisian authorities on implementing all the necessary security measures.
"They have already made a great effort and we are seeing with these authorities what can be done to review this advice," Cowell added.
On Thursday, the foreign office in London changed its travel advice for Tunisia to advise against all but essential travel.
It put this decision down to "the evolving security situation since the attack".
Cowell said the Foreign Office decision had not been "hasty... Rather an objective and thorough assessment of the state of the threat. It was found that there is a high threat, especially to foreigners."
