Follow us: Thursday, 3 July 2014 clear 33°C [Forecast] Signed in as Sebastian Cassar (Sign out | Settings) Times of malta home News National World Social & Personal Education Interview Environment Gozo Pictures Religion Videos Odd News Sport Business Comment Life Classifieds Careers Services Print Email Thursday, July 3, 2014, 12:19 Ray Azzopardi appointed representative to Nato Ray Azzopardi, former head of the Labour Partys radio, has been appointed head of mission to Nato. He is currently also serving as ambassador to Belgium. Mr Azzopardi presented his letter of appointment to Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Secretary General of Nato last month, the Foreign Ministry said on its website. It pointed out that Malta works with Nato within the Partnership for Peace, which is a programme aimed towards bringing Nato and Partner States together, for peace and security in the Euro-Atlantic Area. During their meeting, Mr Rasmussen and Mr Azzopardi agreed on the continued importance for the international community to invest its time and effort in enhancing dialogue and cooperation, the ministry said. The ambassador emphasised the relevance of these dialogues in view of the new global security challenges, and conveyed the particular difficulties arising from human trafficking in the Southern Mediterranean region. It was recalled how, during the Libyan crisis, Malta continued to meet its geopolitical responsibilities, providing invaluable assistance to the International Community for the evacuation of expatriates from Libya, and also providing urgent humanitarian and medical assistance to the Libyan population, including to those wounded during the conflict. Mr Rasmussen thanked Mr Azzopardi for Malta’s co-operation in the context of the Libyan crisis and said that Nato was willing to discuss and listen to Malta’s views related to the security of the Southern Mediterranean region. Print Email « Construction worker injured in fall Spanish operator holds bus talks » Comments are submitted under the express understanding and condition that the editor may, and is authorised to, disclose any/all of the above personal information to any person or entity requesting the information for the purposes of legal action on grounds that such person or entity is aggrieved by any comment so submitted. At this time your comment will not be displayed immediately upon posting. Please allow some time for your comment to be moderated before it is displayed. For more details please see our Comments Policy Similar Stories Apr 5th 2009, 10:04 PMs Nato switch leaves Danish political vacuum NATO chief pledges conciliation with Muslims Divided NATO presses ahead with Libya... Libya: Nato chief calls for end of mission Nato considers Turkey’s surface missile... Nato chief: Putin may choose to go further Popular Stories Partner of murdered man to be given shoe... Enemalta staff’s new employer - PM says... Malta oil well abandoned with no... Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt blockbuster... Update 3: Dalli says he wanted to... Busuttil: Police Commissioner broke... Bus service still on winter schedule,... Transport Malta receives first BMW i3 Briton fined €3,000 for traffic accident... The Strickland Foundation Strickland Foundation logo Send us your story | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Print Ad Rate | Online Ad Rate | Contact us | Copyright © 2014 timesofmalta
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