President Guido de Marco meets Maltese Community in New York

H.E. Prof Guido de Marco met on Wednesday 12^th May, with the Maltese community resident in New York. A reception hosted by Ambassador George Saliba in Astoria, New York, brought together a number of members of the Maltese community to greet the President while on his visit to New York.

In addressing the Maltese community, the President recalled that whenever he visited New York in his capacity as both Minister for Justice and the Interior and later as Minister of Foreign Affairs, he had always insisted in meeting the Maltese community. He stated that when he took the Oath of Office as President of Malta, he pledged to represent all the Maltese people. His presence with the Maltese community was witness to this. He spoke about the importance of the Maltese communities living outside Malta and how these have contributed not only to the development of their resident country, but also to the development of Malta.

President de Marco, also dwelt on the achievements made by the Maltese people over the years. He drew a parallel with the link which existed between Malta and the United States; Malta, a small country with a long history and the United States, a large country with a relatively short history, overlapped each other also through the contribution of the Maltese community in the States, wherever they may be.