The Maltese Embassy in Libya announced today that it had opened a new visa application centre in Misrata yesterday. The centre is in partnership with visa processing company VFS Global.
At the ceremony Maltese ambassador to Libya, Charles Saliba, highlighted the role being played by the embassy to facilitate commercial and social exchanges between Libya and Malta in order to build ever closer bilateral relations as well as shape a positive narrative regarding the situation in Libya.
Ambassador Saliba further recalled that just as Malta was the first European Union Member State to introduce direct flights between Malta and Libya, Malta was again taking the initiative as the first member of the Schengen area to open a visa application office in Misrata in order to facilitate the submission of visa applications for the communities in Misrata and neighbouring cities.
Misrata, the embassy added, is considered as a major hub for business activities, as well as a maritime hub with its port and Freezone area and air link with a newly built airport.
Similarly, Jonathan Engerer, the Consul of Malta, highlighted that since his arrival at the Embassy a year ago, the opening of this visa application centre was earmarked as a priority.
In attendance at the opening ceremony were representatives from the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Libyan Consul in Malta Mohammed Sherif, as well as prominent local stakeholders.
