Why didn’t the Malta government’s Department of Information put out a barrage of press releases about this? We had to find out through the Azerbaijan state-controlled press.
Azer News, 20 January 2014
AZERBAIJAN-MALTA TIES STEADILY DEVELOP
Azerbaijani Ambassador to Italy Vagif Sadigov, who has got concurrent accreditation to Malta and San-Marino, has paid a working visit to Valetta, the capital of Malta,AzerTag state news agency reported.
During the visit, the ambassador met Malta’s President George Abela to discuss relations between the two countries on all fronts.
They noted that the Azerbaijan-Malta ties were steadily developing. The Maltese leader conveyed his best wishes to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Vagif Sadigov also met Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. They discussed rapidly developing economic ties between the two countries, and projects to be implemented in Malta by Azerbaijan.
The envoy then met Foreign Minister George Vella to discuss the current state of and prospects for the cooperation between the two countries.
They noted that reciprocal visits of the two countries’ officials, as well as signing mutual documents in a variety of fields would contribute to enhancing relations between Azerbaijan and Malta.
During the visit, Sadigov also met Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business Christian Cardona.
They exchanged views on how to develop bilateral relations between the two countries in economic, social and trade fields.
They agreed to take measures aimed at expanding ties in relevant sectors, and establishing relations between the two countries’ official circles.
Sadigov also met members of the Malta-Azerbaijan interparliamentary friendship group. The ambassador highlighted Azerbaijan’s recent achievements, economic development indicators, as well as different areas of relations with Malta. Hel also met representatives of the Azerbaijani Diaspora operating in Malta.
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http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/63509.html
Who are the members (Maltese MPs) of the Malta-Azerbaijan interparliamentary friendship group referred to in this article?
James Debono seems to be out of place at Malta Today. His investigative writing is most interesting.
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/businessdetails/business/businessnews/From-Baku-to-Portomaso-the-makings-of-Labour-s-energy-plan-20131016
This must have been a sore disappointment for the government’s spin doctors.
http://www.governo.it/Notizie/Palazzo%20Chigi/dettaglio.asp?d=74961
Just to answer the title.
Because the DOI does not want to press home the point that the government is really scraping the barrel.
What is it with Labour that they invariably gravitate towards the world’s pariah states?
Did we see the ‘Ma taghmlu xejn mal-Perit Mintoff’ China/Korea show on TV at the time? Don’t think so. It is just same old, same old reality, very neatly trimmed.
I would not be surprised if Azerbaijani is introduced in Maltese schools in the near future, just as they did recently with Mandarin, and Arabic back in Mintoff’s day.