The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr George Vella will be leading a delegation to Nouakchott, Mauritania, where he will be participating in the 10th 5+5 Foreign Ministers’ meeting between Monday and Tuesday. The 5+5 Dialogue is an informal sub-regional body that brings together Western Mediterranean countries, Malta, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and their North African neighbours Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. Malta has maintained a very active profile in the 5+5 Dialogue, particularly in hosting the Summit at Heads of Government level held in October 2012, following almost a decade’s lapse since the first-ever Summit held in Tunis in 2003. The