Celestine Bohlen, New Malta Chief Focuses on Neutrality, New York Times, 12 novembre 1996. URL consultato il 5 maggio 2008.
«Within hours of taking office, Mr. Sant withdrew Malta's membership in Partnership for Peace, a NATO military cooperation program that is so loosely defined that its sign-up list now spans the spectrum from Russia to Switzerland. [...] Mr. Sant says none of those moves should be interpreted as anti-European or anti-American, but simply as the best way of insuring Malta's security.»