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12.09.2012. A commission expected to be set up today will seek a solution to the long-standing disputes between Malta and Italy over the rescue of migrants at sea.
An agreement, meant to be signed today between Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Giulio Terzi and his counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg, will see the setting up of a mixed commission based on the same lines Malta has with Tunisia and Libya, sources said.
The commission will be tasked with holding high-level technical discussions over pending issues between the two countries, chiefly the rescue of migrants in distress and oil exploration, which have eluded solutions for years.
An agreement, meant to be signed today between Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Giulio Terzi and his counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg, will see the setting up of a mixed commission based on the same lines Malta has with Tunisia and Libya, sources said.
The commission will be tasked with holding high-level technical discussions over pending issues between the two countries, chiefly the rescue of migrants in distress and oil exploration, which have eluded solutions for years.
