A bilateral meeting was held on Friday between Finance Minister Edward Scicluna and Italian Economy and Finance Minister Giovanni Tria on the fringes of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank constituency meeting held in Malta.

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The two Ministers pledged to intensify the good relationship built between the two countries along the years.

They were accompanied by the two respective Central Bank Governors, Mario Vella and Ignazio Visco, the Italian Ambassador to Malta, Mario Sammartino, and the Chief of Staff for the Ministry for Finance, Paul Debattista.