Tunisian Interior Minister said Monday he is ready to resign from government, calling for the creation of salvation or unity government.

Tunisian Interior Minister said Monday he is ready to resign from government, calling for the creation of salvation or unity government.

"I have a great wish to resign, and I am ready to resign," Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddo told the local Mosaique radio station."

"A salvation government or national unity government must be formed to get Tunisia out of this bottleneck," he added.

Ben Jeddo statement came as pressure mounted to dissolve the Islamist-led government.