Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries in Berlin for International Green Week

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Ninu Zammit has gone to Berlin to attend the official opening of the 1999 International Green Week. During his visit, he will be meeting his counterpart in Germany, the Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Forestry, the Hon. Karl-Heinz Funke.

The official opening of the International Green Week is attended by numerous Ministers of Agriculture and provides a unique opportunity for informal meetings and discussions regarding matters related to the development of agriculture, horticulture and food processing technology. Political and economic developments in the agricultural sector are also expected to be brought up by Ministers and farmers' representatives in interventions during the opening ceremony.

Minister Zammit, who is accompanied by Director of Agriculture Mr Franco Serracino Inglott, will be meeting with Ministers of Agriculture from EU member and applicant states, and discussing agricultural issues in the light of the re-activation of Malta's application for membership of the European Union.