Mediterranean foreign ministers forum meets in Malta next month

The Mediterranean forum, an informal group comprising foreign ministers of the region, will hold its 6th session next March 4-6 in Malta.

According to the Italian Foreign Ministry, the forum will gather foreign ministers from 11 Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey.

The forum was set up in 1994 at the initiative of France and Egypt to coordinate stances of the Mediterranean countries.

In its latest session held in April 1998 in Palma de Majorque, Spain, the forum adopted a plan to fight terrorism and had requested the creation of a Palestinian state.