An eight-man Libyan delegation is in Malta for talks with the AFM on search and rescue cooperation between the two countries. The delegation is headed by Mohammed Ahmed Rashid, General Manager of Tripoli Port and includes officials from the Libyan maritime authorities and the Libyan coast guard.
Brigadier Carmel Vassallo, AFM commander in welcoming the Libyan delegation augured that Libya would take up an offer to train its personnel in Malta on various aspects of SAR mission-planning and co-ordination.