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Malta invites Ukrainian President Zelensky to address parliament

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Inset: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to address Malta's parliament.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to address Malta’s parliament when it reconvenes in May, Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg said on Monday.   Malta’s parliament will open on May 7 for the start of its fourteenth legislature, following the Labour Party’s general election victory last month.  Borg said he had spoken to his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba over the phone on Monday morning and extended an invitation for Zelensky to speak to local MPs.  Kuleba "promised me that he would be recommending that it happens", Borg wrote in a Facebook post.  Zelensky has addressed multiple national and international parliaments since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, urging lawmakers to do more to defend Ukraine as the country battles to repel Vladimir Putin's troops. Writing on Facebook, Borg said he had held a conversation with Kuleba about the support Malta is providing the besieged country and its people.   Borg said Kuleba had conveyed the Ukrainian people’s gratitude for Malta’s humanitarian support in the form of accepted refugees and providing medical supplies.   He said he had also informed him that Malta is adhering to international sanctions on...


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