MR SPEAKER RECEIVES THE NEWLY-APPOINTED AMBASSADORS FOR THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, The Hon. Anton Tabone, received the newly-appointed Ambassador for the United States of Mexico, His Excellency Dr. Rafael Tovar Y De Teresa. Mr Speaker and the Ambassador exchanged views on the national institutions of their respective countries as well as on the functions of the respective Parliaments. The Ambassador also briefed Mr. Speaker on the current political situation in Mexico and expressed his intention to promulgate further relations between Mexico and Malta. The Speaker gave the Ambassador an overview of the history of the Maltese Parliament and augured that the Ambassador's diplomatic mission will be a fruitful and successful one.

Subsequently, Mr. Speaker also received a courtesy visit by the newly-appointed Ambassador for the United States of America, His Excellency Mr Anthony H. Gioia. Mr Speaker and the Ambassador discussed possibilities of developing further relations between The Malta House of Representatives and and the US Congress through the setting-up of parliamentary friendship groups. Furthermore, the Speaker and the Ambassador reviewed the already existing good relations between Malta and the United States. Mr. Speaker augured that through Mr. Gioia's new diplomatic mission in Malta relations between the two countries will continue to flourish.