The government this morning denied that a former British diplomat had been in Malta to advise the Prime Minister on the appointment of parliamentary assistants.

The Foreign Ministry said a story appearing today in the newspaper KullHadd was ‘an invention'.

It said Charles Crawford, former British ambassador to Poland, was in Malta to train civil servants in diplomacy.

The training was organised by the Foreign Ministry over a period of three days.

The ministry pointed out that information about this training by Mr Crawford was already given in reply to a parliamentary question last week.

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