The President of Malta George Vella and Mrs Vella left Malta on Wednesday evening for a visit to the Vatican and Italy.
President Vella and his delegation, which includes the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade, Ian Borg, will be received by His Holiness Pope Francis in a private audience on Thursday.
During this visit, President George Vella will also have a meeting with the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
President Vella’s engagements in Rome also include a meeting with the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace and a meeting with the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, Fra’ John T. Dunlap at the Magistral Palace.
The President and Mrs Vella will return to Malta on Sunday 24th March 2024. Professor Frank Bezzina will serve as Acting President of Malta.