High Commissioners pay courtesy call on Mr. Speaker

His Excellency Professor Moses Musonda, High Commissioner of Zambia paid a courtesy call on The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon Anton Tabone, at the Speaker's Chambers, The Palace, Valletta, further to the presentation of his credentials.

H.E. Professor Musonda is based in London and is on his first visit to Malta. Together with Mr. Speaker he indulged in discussions of mutual and familiar interest basically on current activities within the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Interparliamentary Union, international bodies of which both countries enjoy active membership. The operational functions of both national parliamentary assemblies were also delved upon to give way to mention of existing historic similarities between the two countries.

The visit of the Zambian High Commissioner was preceded by a courtesy call on Mr. Speaker by His Excellency The High Commissioner of India, Mr Surendra Kumar. The Speaker and Mr Surendra spoke generally about political relations and bilateral visits between Malta and India and mention was made of issues pertaining to the several cooperation agreements, but more importantly, in the course of the cordial meeting, the Hon Tabone and the High Commissioner compared notes and experiences on the parliamentary assemblies of both India and Malta.