Foreign Affairs Minister, Prof. Guido de Marco leaves for talks in Bonn

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Guido de Marco leaves Malta late this afternoon for Bonn.

In Bonn, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs will be meeting Mr. G'?nter Verheugen, Minister of State for European Affairs at the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Professor de Marco and the German Minister of State are expected to discuss the reactivation by Malta of its application for membership of the European Union as well as issues of a bilateral nature.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs will also have separate meetings with the Chairman of the Bundestag Committee of Foreign Affairs, as well as with the Chairman of the Bundestag Committee on European Union Affairs.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is accompanied by Mr. Saviour Falzon and Mr. Joseph Tonna, will return to Malta tomorrow evening.