French, Italian, Spanish leaders to meet in Malta October 4, 2012 - 14:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Officials say the leaders of France, Italy and Spain will hold a meeting in Malta that is likely to be dominated by economic issues related to Europe's debt crisis, The Associated Press reported. The three will meet Friday, Oct 5 while attending a Mediterranean summit of southern European and North African countries. A schedule released Thursday by the office of French President Francois Hollande said he, Italian Premier Mario Monti and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will hold a three-way meeting at 1800 (1600 GMT). No further details were provided. The Malta summit of five European and five African nations is expected to focus on fighting terrorism and lawlessness in North African as well as France's push for a military intervention in Mali, where Islamist rebels have taken control in the north. Partner news  Top stories Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander, led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its Dirty War dictatorship. According to the United Nations, April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed. Reports suggest the rebel fighters may have tried to blow up the walls of the prison, which holds some 4,000 inmates. Moscow has condemned other nations for supporting rebel forces and failing to condemn what it describes as terrorist attacks on the Syrian regime.   Partner news |  Latest news Artsakh President meets Armenia’s deputy FM  The foreign policy and the cooperation between the two Armenian states in the field were discussed during the meeting.Greek and Armenian Americans urge for conditions on Turkey trade deal The Turkish government aggressively pushed for Turkey's inclusion in Investment Partnership between the U.S. and EU.Armenian, Azeri FMs reaffirm commitment to peace in region Possible ways to advance the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict were in the focus of the discussion.NKR delegation attends Abkhazian foreign ministry’s 20th anniv. events NKR Foreign Minister noted that the people of Artsakh were attentively following the developments in Abkhazia. |
