Minister
of Communications and Works travels
to
Malta
and Egypt for meetings with his counterparts
Minister
of Communications and Works, Mr. Marios Demetriades, departs on
Sunday, September 28, for Malta, to participate in a meeting hosted
by the Maltese Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Mr. Joe
Mizzi, in the presence of the Greek Minister for Shipping and the
Aegean, Mr. Miltiades Varvitsiotis. The Ministerial meeting is part
of the tripartite cooperation between Cyprus, Greece and Malta in the
maritime sector.
On
top of the agenda will be issues regarding cooperation in the
maritime sector, on regional and international level, policy issues
related to ports and issues concerning the rights of workers on
ships. During the Ministerial meeting, issues regarding the attempt
to reduce emissions from ships and the effective implementation of
the conventions of the International Maritime Organization will also
be discussed.
Minister
Demetriades will then visit Egypt, in order to attend an event
organized by the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime
Transport. During his visit he will have a meeting with his Egyptian
counterpart Mr. Hany Dahy.
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