Malta has offered to co-sponsor an EU summit on irregular migration, Foreign Minister Tonio Borg told his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini in a letter

The summit has been proposed by Italy. Dr Borg said this problem should be treated by the most senior political authorities in the EU.

He said that a clear political direction was needed on the problem and this had to be given by the European Council.

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