Today, at San Anton Palace, President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca received Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg on a courtesy call.
During the meeting, President Coleiro Preca conveyed Malta’s appreciation for the Norwegian Grants and spoke about the good history which Malta has in managing these grants. The President of Malta was pleased to note that Malta will once again be acceding to these grants.
Prime Minister Solberg and President Coleiro Preca also spoke about the challenge of migration, with a particular focus on child migrants, thousands of which end up missing or unaccounted for. Prime Minister Solberg commended the President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society for bringing together the major stakeholders in Malta last week for the conference which was organised together with Missing Children Europe, with President Coleiro Preca saying that ‘we need to work in synergy, and we need to harmonise so that a solution can be found to the problem of missing child migrants’.
Lastly, President Coleiro Preca and Prime Minister Solberg spoke about the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). The President of Malta spoke about the ‘positive peace’ and the culture of peace approach which this institute adopts.