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Military - note Malta, in 5 editions.

The entry for Malta published Military - note in 5 editions of 36, from 2021 to 2025. The text changed in 3 editions. Each is shown as published. Military - note in every entry.

editions changed the text
3
the first edition with it
2021
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Military - note” (2021 to 2025).

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  • the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) are responsible for external security but also have some domestic security responsibilities;
  • the AFM’s primary roles include maintaining the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, monitoring and policing its territorial waters, participating in overseas peacekeeping and stability operations, and providing search and rescue and explosive ordnance disposal capabilities;
  • secondary missions include assisting civil authorities during emergencies, supporting the police and other security services, and providing ceremonial and other public support duties
  • Malta maintains a security policy of neutrality but contributes to EU, Organization for the Security and Cooperation (OSCE), and UN military missions and joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1995 (suspended in 1996, but reactivated in 2008);
  • it also participates in various bilateral and multinational military exercises;
  • Malta cooperates closely with Italy on defense matters;
  • in 1973, Italy established a military mission in Malta to provide advice, training, and search and rescue assistance (2025)

the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) are responsible for external security but also have some domestic security responsibilities; the AFM’s primary roles include maintaining the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, monitoring and policing its territorial waters, participating in overseas peacekeeping and stability operations, and providing search and rescue and explosive ordnance disposal capabilities; secondary missions include assisting civil authorities during emergencies, supporting the police and other security services, and providing ceremonial and other public support duties
Malta maintains a security policy of neutrality but contributes to EU EU, Organization for the Security and Cooperation (OSCE), and UN military missions and joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1995 (suspended in 1996, but reactivated in 2008); it also participates in various bilateral and multinational military exercises; Malta cooperates closely with Italy on defense matters; in 1973, Italy established a military mission in Malta to provide advice, training, and search and rescue assistance (2024) (2025)

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Malta: Military - note.” The World Factbook, 2021–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/malta/military-note.

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