MALTESE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MEET WITH THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

MALTESE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MEET WITH THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

 The Honourable Members Dr John Vella and Dr John Attard Montalto, Leader and Member of the Malta Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe, have been invited to meet the Hon. Lamberto Dini, Minister of Foreign Affairs and a previous Prime Minister of Italy. He presently occupies the office of Chairman of the Committee of Ministers. The Maltese delegation is to focus discussions on further collaboration, and the resolution of outstanding matters between the General Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Committee of Ministers. From the Italian side discussions are expected to centre on the priorities of the Italian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

Dr John Vella and Dr John Attard Montalto will be participating in a meeting of the Council of Europe Political Affairs Committee. The meeting will be held between the 11th and 13th June, 2000, in the Chamber of Deputies, Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome.

The Malta delegation will also participate in an exchange of views with the Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Committees on European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate of Italy.

Topics on the agenda of the Political Affairs Committee include requests for membership of the Council of Europe by various countries; these include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Monaco. The situation in Cyprus, and a Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, are also on the agenda.