Mr Müller-Menrad is also the owner and chief executive officer of Malta based spectacle producer, Menrad Ltd.

Apart from the participation of the eight honourary consuls and consuls general, the full-day meeting was attended by the regional manager of Air Malta for Central Europe, the director of the Malta Tourism Authority in Frankfurt, a representative of Malta Enterprise and Henry J. Borg, president of the German-Maltese Chamber of Commerce.

In the course of the meeting presentations were made to the consuls on their working activities.

Manuel Mifsud, counsellor and consular officer, briefed the consuls on the visa procedures following Malta’s entry into the European Union.

The meeting was chaired by William Spiteri, Malta’s ambassador in Berlin.

Mr Spiteri briefed the consuls on Maltese-German relations, Malta’s economic performance and political situation, the EU, the Mediterranean and other matters of interest to the consuls.

The agenda, however, focused on consular activities, promotional events and discussing the work plans for the year.