The President and Mrs George Abela, accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Tonio Borg, left for Rome his afternoon for an official visit to the Holy See.
They will tomorrow have an audience with Pope Benedict XVI followed by a meeting with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State of the Holy See.
In the evening, Dr and Mrs Abela will attend an official dinner hosted by Fra’ Matthew Festing, Grandmaster and Prince of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
The President and Mrs Abela will return to Malta on Friday.