MR. SPEAKER MEETS NEWLY-APPOINTED AMBASSADORS TO MALTA FOR HUNGARY AND SWITZERLAND

MR. SPEAKER MEETS NEWLY-APPOINTED AMBASSADORS TO MALTA FOR HUNGARY AND SWITZERLAND

The newly-appointed Ambassador for Hungary Her Excellency Ms Eniko Gyori paid a courtesy visit to The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Anton Tabone, at his Chambers, in The Palace Valletta.

In the course of the cordial meeting the Ambassador expressed interest in the structures of the Malta House of Representatives and its related Committees. Together with Mr. Speaker, Ambassador Gyori discussed the existing channels of communication between the Parliaments of their respective countries and delved on the need of establishing Parliamentary Friendship Groups of Parliamentarians from both countries that would further enhance a desired mutual cooperation.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, The Hon. Anton Tabone, received the newly appointed Ambassador for Switzerland, His Excellency Mr. Alexei Lautenberg on a courtesy visit. The Ambassador favoured Mr. Speaker with a vivid rendering of the current functioning of the Swiss Confederation's Parliamentary Assemblies and expressed the intention of keeping in contact with The Malta House of Representatives on current issues of mutual interest to both Countries.