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FOREIGN MINISTER FOR BILATERAL TALKS IN SWITZERLAND
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27/11/2001
27/11/2001
| Foreign Minister Joe Borg is currently in Switzerland for bilateral | talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. |
| Minister Joe Borg yesterday evening opened the Art | Exhibition "Malta- Crossroads of Civilizations" being organized at the United Nations Offices in Geneva. The opening of the exhibition marked the start of a week of events being organized by the Malta Mission in Geneva in conjunction with the United Nations as part of the commemoration of the year 2001 as the "United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations". During his stay in Geneva the Minister of Foreign Affairs also met with H.E. Valdimir Petrovsky, Director General of the United Nations in Geneva, where Malta’s participation in the United Nations was discussed. |
| Earlier this morning, Foreign Minister Borg travelled | to Berne where he held bilateral talks with H.E. Mr Joseph Deiss. During the meeting Minister Joe Borg outlined the process of negotiations underway between Malta and the European Union. The two Ministers also discussed bilateral issues and agreed to continue to explore avenues for the further strengthening of relations in the political and economic spheres. The Ministers also exchanged views regarding the Mediterranean region and the current international situation. |
| Minister Borg is also expected to pay a courtesy call | on the President of the Swiss Confederation, H.E. Mr Moritz Leuenberger. |
| During the talks in Berne, Minister Borg was | accompanied by Malta’s Ambassador to Switzerland, Dr Joseph Cassar and Ms Ella Strickland, Policy Co-ordinator. |
| Foreign Minister Joe Borg is expected back in Malta | later on this evening. |
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