Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Borg meets UE Commissioner Hans Van den Broek

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Joe Borg yesterday met with European Commissioner Hans Van den Broek at the Commissioner's office in Brussels.

Dr. Borg called the meeting, which lasted an hour, an extremely constructive and useful one.

Among the issues being discussed were Malta's participation in the screening process, its preparations for negotiations, the pre-accession strategy for the applicant states, the Cologne European Council and the conclusions of the March General Affairs Council with regard to the possible start of accession negotiations with Malta.

Minister Borg returned to Malta yesterday evening.