Libyan and Maltese education officials have agreed to sign an MoU in education cooperation and to facilitate granting Libyan students visas to study in Malta after the country’s embassy resumes work in Libya in the coming period, which will also see resumption of flights between the two countries.
This announcement came after a meeting for the Education Minister-designate Mohammed Ammari and Maltese Foreign Minister as well as a number of Maltese officials, as Ammari discussed with the Maltese Libya’s desire to boost cooperation in education, saying Libya-Malta cooperation agreement of 2010 and Tripoli and Maltese universities’ agreement is a legal foundation for this new MoU.
Meanwhile at the meeting, the deputy education minister Adel Jumua spoke about the legal and administrative challenges of Tajourni Institute – Libyan investment in Malta – and ways to resolve them. He urged for giving the institute the needed work license, scrap taxes on the institute and its workers.
The Maltese Education Minister Justyne Caruana said her country has sufficient experience to teach English to Libyans at Tajourni Institute, while the Foreign Minister said his country was eager to cooperate with Libya in education fields.
