Malta and Libya are to hold talks on a range of subjects this week during a meeting of a Joint Commission formed of senior officials from both countries.

Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa will come to Malta to lead the Libyan delegation. Maltese Foreign Minister Tonio Borg will lead the Maltese officials.

The commission will discuss search and rescue, visa procedures, vocational training, tourism studies, marine pollution, fisheries and culture.

The ministers are due to hold separate talks, when issues such as illegal immigration will be discussed.

The commission last met in October 2008.

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