Welcoming guests to the Malta-India Business Forum, the President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry Mr Frank V. Farrugia said that cooperation between Malta and India was translating into a better exploitation of Malta's geographical position, facilitating the trans-shipment of goods from India to Southern Europe and North Africa.

Parliamentary Secretary Silvio Schembri said that the guidelines that are now up for consultation will set the groundwork for this new regulator to start operating effectively.

Chamber proposes to Government a series of recommendations, in thew run-up to Budget 2019, following an internal consultation process collecting feedback from committees and individual members.

“By country, the top performers include Malta, Latvia, and Slovenia, while the underperformers include Italy, Belgium and France,” the agency wrote in its European macro update for the second quarter of the year.

Dr Muscat and Mrs May discussed the latest Brexit developments, and how there could be further collaboration between Malta and the UK.