11.35am The President participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the foot of the monument dedicated to General Bernard O’Higgins, at Citizenship Square, in Santiago, Chile.

11.55am The President is welcomed by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet during the welcome ceremony at the beginning of Ms Coleiro Preca’s official visit to Chile.

12.10pm The President holds a private meeting with Ms Bachelet at La Moneda Palace in Santiago.

12.25pm The President and Ms Bachelet lead a meeting between Maltese and Chilean delegations at La Moneda Palace.

1pm The President presides over the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Malta and Chile, at La Moneda Palace.

1.10pm The President and Ms Bachelet address a press conference at La Moneda Palace.

1.30pm The President and Mr Preca attend an official lunch in honour of Ms Coleiro Preca’s official visit to Chile, at La Moneda Palace.

4pm The President visits Casa de la Mujer accompanied by Vice Minister for Women and Gender Equality Bernarda Perez Carrillo, in Santiago.

Tuesday

9am The President visits the premises of the Start Up Chile Programme, in Santiago.

10.40am The President visits the Museum of Memory and Human Rights, in Santiago.

1.45pm The President attends an activity organised by EU Ambassador to Chile Stella Zervoudaki, in Santiago.

7pm The President meets the Maltese community living in Chile, in Santiago.

Wednesday

10.50am The President leaves Chile for Malta.

Thursday

8pm The President delivers a speech at an activity organised on the occasion of Egypt’s national day, in Kappara.

Friday

10am   The President presides over the signing of a memorandum of understanding between The President’s Trust and the Malta Federation of Persons with Disability in conjunction with the Malta Association of Supported Employment, in Pietà.

11.30am The President presents credentials to Malta’s Ambassador-designate to Tur­key Brigadier Carmel Vassallo, at San Anton Palace, Attard.

12pm   The President meets the members of a Maltese trade delegation that Ms Coleiro Preca will lead on a forthcoming State visit to Ghana, at San Anton Palace.

1pm     The President re­ceives Palestianian Ambassador to Malta Jurban Taweel, on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

3.30pm The President meets paediatrician and Warwick University alumnus Dr Kevin Borg at San Anton Palace.

5pm The President receives a group of volunteers prior to their departure to Tanzania for missionary work, on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

5.30pm The President receives Austrian Ambassador to Malta Dr Michael Schwar­zinger on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

7pm The President meets the cast taking part in the MADC production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, at San Anton public gardens.

8pm     The President attends the premiere of The Crystal Palace at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta.

Saturday

6pm The President and Mr Preca attend Mass on the occasion of the ordination to priesthood of Fr Aaron Zahra, in Marsaxlokk.

8.15pm The President attends an activity organised to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Tunisia and Malta, in Attard.

9.15pm The President delivers a speech at an activity entitled ‘Connecting Through Cultures’, organised by Ta’ Xbiex local council, in Ta’ Xbiex.

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