New Egyptian Ambassador calls on Madam Speaker

His Excellency Mr Yehia Ibrahim El Ramlawy, today 17 April 1998, paid a courtesy call on Madam Speaker, Notary Myriam Spiteri Debono, at her office at the House of Representatives, in Valletta. Mr El Ramlawy is the newly-appointed Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Malta and yesterday presented his credentials to the President of Malta.

Madam Speaker and the Ambassador discussed the Parliamentary systems prevailing in Malta and Egypt with particular reference to the role of Speaker in their respective parliaments. Madam Speaker and the Ambassador agreed on the importance of the continuance of the Euro-Med-Process and discussed issues pertaining to the subject, including Malta's role in the matter. They also gave prominence to the setting up of a Maltese-Egyptian Parliamentary Friendship Group as a way of increasing exchanges between the two institutions, and it was decided to discuss this matter further during the Ambassador's term of office in Malta.