NEW LIBYAN AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER GEORGE W. VELLA

H.E. Mr Ali Saleh Mohammed Najem, the new Libyan Secretary, yesterday morning called on the Hon. George W. Vella, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Environment.

In reviewing bilateral relations, they recognized the importance of the positive outcome of the official visit made by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Environment to Libya last March and the follow-up made during the convening in Malta of the Maltese-Libyan Arab Joint Commission, early in June 1998. The Deputy Prime Minister  welcomed Secretary Najem’s appointment as an important channel of communication and understanding and augured that his tenure as Libya’s Ambassador will secure the continuity and enhancement of the existing special and friendly relations between Malta and Libya.

Secretary Najem presented his letters of credence to the President of Malta yesterday.

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L-E.T. Ali Saleh Mohammed Najem, l-Ambaxxatur Libjan il-gdid, il-bierah zar lill-Onor. George W Vella, il-Vici Prim Ministru u Ministru ghall-Affarijiet Barranin u ta’ l-Ambjent.

Waqt li ddiskutew ir-relazzjonijiet bilaterali, huma rrikonoxxew l-importanza tar-rizultati pozitivi li hargu miz-zjara ufficjali li l-Vici Prim Ministru u Ministru ta’ l-Affarijiet Barranin u ta’ l-Ambjent ghamel fil-Libja f’Marzu li ghadda u anki s-segwitu milhuq fil-laqgha tal-Kummissjoni Mhallta  Maltija-Libjana, f’Gunju ta’ l-1998. Il-Vici Prim Ministru laqa’ l-hatra tal-Ambaxxatur Najem bhala mezz importanti ta’ komunikazzjoni u ta’ ftehim waqt li awgura wkoll li l-prezenza tieghu f'’Malta tkompli tkattar ir-relazzjonijiet specjali u ta’ hbiberija bejn Malta u l-Libja.

L-Ambaxxatur Najem  ipprezenta l-kredenzjali tieghu lill-President ta’ Malta il-bierah filghodu.