Malta’s Cultural Ties With India Continue To Grow
Malta’s cultural ties with India, one of the biggest countries in the world, will continue to grow more than three decades after bilateral relations began.
Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakashi Lehki paid a visit to Malta this week, with the pair continuing to develop its bilateral relations despite having pandemic constraints over the past two years.
“Malta looks forward to intensifying our cultural cooperation”, Minister Owen Bonnici said during a meeting.
“Malta welcomes the progress made in the enhancement of relations between the EU and India during the last EU-India Summit in 2021, and the subsequent dialogues and agreements that took place in 2022. As the international community is confronted by formidable global challenges, the EU and India can continue to deliver together through dialogue and action”.
On her part, Lehki said that she is very impressed with how the culture sector has quickly picked up after the pandemic.
“We are very keen on working together for stronger cultural initiatives. Let’s put the artists together”, Lekhi said.
Malta signed its first cultural cooperation agreement with India in 1992, partnering with them on regional and global issues.
Meanwhile, India and the EU have partnered on a plethora of strategies, such as security concerns, trade, economic ties, sectoral dialogues on sustainable development, modernisation, human rights, research and innovation.
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