Libyan PM thanks Malta
Libyan Prime Minister Abel Rahim al-Kib.
Libyan Prime Minister Abel Rahim al-Kib has called Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi to personally thank him for Malta's support during the Libyan people's fight for freedom and democracy
Dr Gonzi reiterated the Maltese people's will to continue supporting Libyans in their bid to build a new Libya.
Dr al-Kib told Dr Gonzi he wished to welcome him in Libya.
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Mr Peter Barbara
Nov 11th 2011, 10:55
Tafu tapprezzaw xi haga tajba minghajr ma toqghodu toholqu polemici mix-xejn u tivvintaw hafna affarijiet ??
Anthony Farrugia
Nov 11th 2011, 10:30
Some of the comments remind me of the colonialist mantra that the world owes us a living !
Joe Vella
Nov 11th 2011, 08:47
@ Tony Dalli
It wasn't Dom Mintoff the first western leader that went to China. For the record it was Canada's Pierre Elliot Trudeau. Canada opened Diplomatic relations with China prior to Malta doing so.
If you where to say that Dom Mintoff alleviated the western world and associated him self with the brutal regimes and the dictatorial regimes of those days, then you would be correct.
emmanuel scicluna
Nov 11th 2011, 10:20
Are you saying that Aldo Moro, Willy Brandt and Bruno, for example were dictators? Mintoff never associated neither himself nor Malta with such regimes. Mind you Malkta kept good relations with China after change of gov in '87. So did EFA continue to alleviate the west? He kept good relations with Libya (Gaddafi). Was he alleviating the west too.
Martin Cassar
Nov 11th 2011, 22:53
Sirs,
No need to dig in the past. Russia and China are two governments known with many bad boys that don’t respect human rights and democracy is alien for them. Why we (the west) still do business with them if we really keep our values and principles at heart? I know, the reason, do you?
B Cassar
Nov 11th 2011, 08:00
You're welcome Mr. libya PM. But now we don't need the thank you but to close your ports to illegal immigrants so they dont leave anymore. We have enough problems. That action would be appreciated and would really signify your thank you to us is real. Otherwise thank you is just a simple word used to clear your obligations towards us. We don't need thank you words, we need thank you actions = No more illegal immigrants departing from libya and some oil please. I'm sure it would be a good payment for the hospital time and resources we have spent on libyans durig the turmoil.
Wenzu Vella
Nov 11th 2011, 07:39
Do all these thank you messages and congratulations really mean anything? I do not think so, they are just PR and a lot of hot air.
It would have been a very good gesture if the US offered Malta a couple of well advanced search and rescue helicopters with the hand shake of thanks. The cost of these helicopters is just a minuscule amount considering the 800+ billion US dollars military budget.
Malta soon knows how much these thank you messages mean when the real jostling for doing business with Libya begins. I hope Dr Gonzi and co do not get trampled in the stampede.
D. Xerri
Nov 10th 2011, 23:08
Libyan PM thanks Malta
OK Thankyou for Your ThankYous !
Can you please ease the burden on Maltese tax-payers by employing at least 1000 of the thousands unemployed for several years in Malta - Im sure Libya needs so many many employees right now - Thats what Malta so badly needs JOBS !!
Joe Grech
Nov 10th 2011, 21:55
What about Libya helping us Maltese to build a better Malta?
Can we now actually begin looking for oil? Remember an election is on the horizon so voters need to be offered a carrot or two - as has repeatedly been happening in Malta for decades!
Philip Hili
Nov 11th 2011, 01:12
@ Joe Grech
Guz, ma nahsibx li hemm bzonn inhaffru ghaz-zejt ghax iz-zejt li ghandkon f'wicckom huwa bizzejjed biex infornu lill Malta u lill Ghawdex.
Grazzi tas-suggeriment!!!! u risposta tinghata f'seduta ohra!!!!!
Justin Spiteri
Nov 11th 2011, 08:18
Well, whatever oil we will find will most probably all go to save italy, greece, portugal, etc... so don't count on "emirates style" free energy.
David Pisani
Nov 10th 2011, 19:58
May be we should ask the Libyan Prime Minister what is going on in Libya. Various reports are showing that a lot of people are being tortured, killed and others raped. Long live the revolution!
P Bonnici
Nov 10th 2011, 21:29
Libya cannot rebuild itself overnight, unless you want to bring back the repressive Gaddafi police to enforce law and order.
Paul Saliba
Nov 10th 2011, 19:26
it will be a good idea to visit libya even for a few hours. the libyans are already disappointed that airmalta is hasitating to operate. it is true that the country is not yet stable but those who are already visiting the country will sure be appreciated.
D Bonello
Nov 10th 2011, 19:16
Enough with the thank yous.....Now tell us we can dig for oil.....Stop the boat people from reaching our shores and start giving us oil at a cheap price.
Wilfred Camilleri
Nov 10th 2011, 21:21
Huh? Why should Libya or any other country for that matter give cheap oil to Malta?
Philip Hili
Nov 11th 2011, 01:16
@ Wilfred Camilleri
Uffa!! Wilfred, so that Dr. Emails could reduce the water and electricity bills!! That's why he does not want to enlighten us how is he going to make good for the revenue lost if and when he will be in power.
Tony Dalli
Nov 10th 2011, 19:02
There are those people that dwell on historical; others dwell on current affairs that a minute passed becomes recent history. Then there are those that ponder on future possibilities. In today's age things happen so fast that requires every bit of attention - so let’s thing and concentrate on present moments.
Some may recall when Dom Mintoff went to China - the first western leader to have done so - and was demonized. He was followed by Richard Nixon who was hailed as a hero.
Angus Black
Nov 11th 2011, 04:11
There was a huge difference between Mintoff's visit to China and Nixon's.
Do you really want to know what the difference was?
oliver mallia
Nov 10th 2011, 18:53
The best thank you that Libya can give to Malta is to take away the illegal immigrants
mark borg
Nov 10th 2011, 22:12
L-illegal immigrants ma ghandhom x'jaqsmu xejn mal Libja,ghax mhumiex gharab (irrelevanti li telqu mil -Libja)dawk issa ingawduhom ghal eternita ahna ,bis sahha tal gvern LAQI ta l-unioni ewpopea (u issa ta l-gharab wkoll).
G Mangion
Nov 10th 2011, 18:40
Dr.Gonzi Malta's P.M, Did not hesitate to help Libya in the uprising of the Freedom fighters months ago, and was Praised by all international Countries, Thanked by the way the P.M handled that complex situation, So why the heck should He think Twice to accept such an Invitation ???
G. Mangion.
Charles J. Buttigieg
Nov 10th 2011, 18:36
We've done our bit. We should now keep quiet,wait for developments and act according to the results when they come about. I have no doubt that Mr. Abel Rahim al-Kib, Libya's Prime Minister pretenders would be calling on all EU Leaders conveying the same massage.
silvio loporto
Nov 10th 2011, 18:16
May I suggest that Dr.Gonzi thinks it over before accepting this invitation,by the Libyan primeminister.
History tends to repeat itself,and what might look like a good idea now,might be interpreted differently in a few years time
In the past 40 years,we had ministers and Primeministers from both parties,visiting Gaddafi,and we applauded those visits. Unfortunatly, as things turned out, both parties have had a fieldday, one accusing the other on the realionship they had with the Gaddafi regime, and what seemed good in those days, is being made to look as something dissgraceful today.
So give it some more time.
Matthew Camilleri
Nov 10th 2011, 18:46
Perfectly said. Unbelievable how people sometimes interpret things.
Joseph E Briffa
Nov 10th 2011, 19:48
Silvio Loporto...When we mix things up in an effort to look smart we invariably make a fool of ourselves
Peter Murray
Nov 10th 2011, 18:05
This Prime Minister was elected into office by an unelected body -the NTC.So unless and until free and fair election process is available to the Libyan people ,and adopted and complied with, true democracy and freedom of choice remains subjunctive.As presently , this unelected by the people PM is not yet deserving of this title.
joseph saliba
Nov 10th 2011, 18:23
No need to be afraid that Dr Gonzi accepts the invitation. Imagine being the first Maltese Prime Minister greeted by citizens of another nation ie. Lybia.
silvio loporto
Nov 11th 2011, 07:30
Joseph E Briffa. .
Keep it up, now you sound like a fool,you might eventually reach the stage of sounding like an idiot,
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Nov 10th 2011, 17:58
Freedom and democracy with sharia law.................. Libya will go 100 years backwards
George Mifsud
Nov 10th 2011, 18:28
Give these people a break, why don't you!
Joseph Camilleri
Nov 10th 2011, 18:40
Mr seycell, u fail to realize that you are living moderate christian law in Malta because Malta is a Christian country... I have visited Iran last year and believe me when I say that Sharia law is nothing immagined by what is projected from western media. Libya will have a moderate sharia law because they are not Christian, they are Muslims... What is wrong with that Mr Seycell? Cannot they live their lives as they wish?
Peter Murray
Nov 10th 2011, 18:45
Will do George -with one small caveat.This being that the present unelected leaders give their people similar breaks-such as a democractic election process,acknowledging human rights and true and genuine freedom -including speech and movement.
mark johnson
Nov 10th 2011, 19:55
As a middle-aged law-abiding man, I would have no problem living under sharia.
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Nov 10th 2011, 21:55
The only problem is that many will start coming here illegally. If they remain in their country they can do whatever they like.... I am against all wars because as long as you are not attacked you shouldn't attack.
But lets be honest, they didn't kill Gaddafi for human rights. There are no human rights with sharia law
Martin Cassar
Nov 11th 2011, 01:52
Sharia laws gave Muslims the right to divorce. Something all Muslims enjoyed 1400 years before us ;-). Today we have this right thanks to JPO