The Parliamentary Assembly for the Mediterranean is doing nothing right, so much so that there have been attempts to move the secretariat from Malta to France, Foreign Affairs Minister George Vella said.

Speaking in Parliament on the occasion of Mediterranean Day, Dr Vella said a Labour government had worked to create this assembly, which was very active in the beginning.

He said that he was making his complaint public to erase any illusion that there were people who were working in favour of the Mediterranean. Although in the beginning there were valid debates, lately, even its secretary general was spending more time in Geneva than in Malta.

The headquarters of the PAM’s general secretariat were established in Malta in November 2007, in recognition of Malta's strategic role and commitment in organising assembly.

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