IL-MINISTRU GHALL-AMBJENT F?LAQGHAT IMPORTANTI FI BRUSSELS

Il-Ministru '?all-Ambjent Francis Zammit Dimech il-biera'? kien Brussels fejn '?a sehem fi djalogu informali f'livell ministerjali bejn il-pajji'?i applikanti '?al s'?ubija fl-Unjoni Ewropea u Stati Membri ta' l-istess Unjoni b'anti'?ipazzjoni '?al-laq'?a tal-Kunsill Ewropew dwar l-Ambjent li se jiltaqa' llum.

Il-laq'?a bejn il-Ministri ta' l-Ambjent tal-pajji'?i applikanti '?al s'?ubija fl-UE saret f'Justus Lipsius Building, il-bini tal-Kunsill ta' l-Unjoni Ewropea, u ssejj'?et fuq inizjattiva ta' Kjell Karsson, il-Ministru Svediz '?all-Ambjent li '?andu l-Presidenza tal-Kunsill Ewropew '?al-Ambjent. Il-Ministru Karsson mexxa l-istess laq'?a filwaqt li l-Kummissarju '?all-Ambjent ta' l-UE, Margot Wallstrom ipparte'?ipat ukoll fl-istess laq'?a. F'intervent li '?amel, il-Ministru Zammit Dimech fa'?'?ar il-fatt li pajji'?i applikanti qed ikunu inkorra''iti li jipparte'?ipaw fis-Sitt Programm ta' Azzjoni dwar l-Ambjent u f'de'?i'?jonijiet o'?ra importanti ta' l-Unjoni Ewropea

Il-Ministru Francis Zammit Dimech iltaqa' ma' Margot Wallstrom, fejn fost affarijiet o'?ra tkellmu dwar i'?-'?jara li se ta'?mel f'Malta fl-a'?'?ar ta' April. Fl-a'?'?ar tal-laq'?a l-Ministru Francis Zammit Dimech in'?aqad mal-Ministru Kjell Karsson u ma' Jim Currie, Direttur '?enerali fid-Direttorat '?enerali '?all-Ambjent f'konferenza stampa li ttrattat x'se'?'? fil-laq'?a informali ta' djalogu.

THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ATTENDS DIALOGUE MEETING IN BRUSSELS

The Minister for the Environment Dr. Francis Zammit Dimech was yesterday in Brussels where he attended an informal dialogue meeting at ministerial level between candidate countries and EU Member States in anticipation of the European Environment Council meeting which is convening today.

The meeting between the Ministers for the Environment of the applicant countries was held at the Justus Lipsius Building, the EU Council Building, and was convened on the iniatitive of Kjell Karsson, the Swedish Minister for the Environment who holds the Presidency of the European Environment Council and who also chaired yesterday's meeting. The EU Environment Commissioner, Margot Wallstrom, participated in the meeting. Minister Francis Zammit Dimech intervened and praised the fact that applicant countries are being encouraged to co-own the Sixth Environmental Action Programme and other important EU decisions in view of their future membership of the Union.

The Minister for the Environment had a meeting with Margot Wallstrom, in which they discussed the EU Commissioner's visit to Malta at the end of April. At the end of the meeting, Minister Francis Zammit Dimech joined the Swedish Minister for the Environment, as well as Jim Currie, Director General of DG Environment, at a press conference on the outcome of the meeting.