PRESIDENT DE MARCO ADDRESSES THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE BARCELONA CONFERENCE WHICH LAUNCHED THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN PROCESS

The President of Malta, Prof. Guido de Marco on Saturday morning addressed the distinguished participants attending the celebrations being held to mark the fifth anniversary of the Barcelona Conference that launched the Euro-Mediterranean process. Then, as now, President de Marco was one of the keynote speakers as Minister of Foreign Affairs in that seminal conference.

The conference was attended and address by other international personalities who were present in Barcelona five years ago. The Foreign Minister of Tunisia, Habib Ben Yahia and the special envoy of the European Union to the Middle East H.E. Miguel Angel Moratinos also addressed the conference, together with the Minister of Foreign affairs of Spain H.E. Jose Pique I Camps and the President of the Autonomous Government of Catalunya Jordi Pujol. Also in attendance was the former President of Italy, Francesco Cossiga.

President de Marco arrived back in Malta yesterday.