Cypriot High Commissioner and Algerian Ambassador pay courtesy call on Madam Speaker

Madam Speaker, Notary Myriam Spiteri Debono, today, Friday 15 May 1998 received two Ambassadors accredited to Malta at her office at the House of Representatives in the Palace, Valletta.

Her Excellency Ms Myrna Y Kleopas is the new High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus to Malta with residence in Rome. Madam Speaker and Her Excellency Mrs Kleopas discussed the subject of the Maltese-Cypriot Parliamentary Co-operation Group, and both agreed that this should be re-activated. Madam Speaker suggested that these relations could be given more meaning and continuity if the Group's terms of reference are formalised by the signing of an agreement.

His Excellency Mr Hocine Meghar is the new Ambassador of the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, also resident in Rome. Madam Speaker and the Ambassador agreed on the importance of the continuance of the Euro-Med Process. They discussed issues pertaining to the subject, including Malta's and Algeria's role in the matter and ways and means of creating, through the Parliamentary Forum, a sense of more mutual confidence among the countries in the region.