Prime Minister in China next week

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will be in Guiyang next week to attend the Eco Forum Global Annual Conference 2014.

Malta and China next week will also be signing a memorandum of understanding which will serve as the basis of a medium-term cooperation plan.

Muscat said the memorandum will serve as a blueprint for five years of cooperation from 2014 to 2019.

The agreement will encapsulate various sectors including energy, infrastructure, health, air services, tourism, sport and others.

According to the Chinese media, the Eco Forum conference will be attended to by the Chinese Vice President, the President of Ethiopia, the President of the Council of States of Switzerland's Federal Assembly, the Russian president's Chief of Staff and Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister.