Malta and Saudi Arabia have signed a bilateral agreement to facilitate cooperation in the field of maritime transport. The deal was signed in Riyadh by Malta’s and Saudi Arabia’s transport ministers Joe Mizzi and Sulaiman bin Abdullah Al-Hamdan.

In a statement, Mizzi said that the agreement seeks to promote the development of the movement of commercial vessels passing between the two countries, to facilitate the transport of goods and people, and to strengthen the economic and trade relations between the two countries. 

It also seeks to achieve better coordination of the commercial marine traffic between the two countries, the development of technical and training cooperation, and information exchange in the field of maritime transport, as well as coordinating the positions of the two countries in international organisations and forums related to maritime transport.

(ITALPRESS/MNA).

Source: medNews