THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA ON A STATE VISIT TO
THE GRAND MASTER OF THE ORDER OF MALTA
Rome, 17 January 2000
Prof. Guido de Marco, President of Malta, made a
State Visit to H.M.E.H., Fra' Andrew Bertie, Prince
and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of
Malta.
The meeting took place on 16 January in SMOM's
headquarters in the Magistral Palace in Rome. The
President was accompanied by Mrs de Marco, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joe Borg, the
Ambassador of Malta to the Order, Jimmy Farrugia,
and the Cabinet Secretary, Alfred Fiorini Lowell.
The Order's delegation was composed of Count Don
Carlo Marullo di Condojanni, Prince of Casalnuovo
and Grand Chancellor, Amb. Francesco Guariglia,
Secretary General for International Affairs and the
Ambassador to Malta, Prince Sforza Mariscotto
Ruspoli.
The Grand Master consigned the Collar of the Order
of Merit on the President, reserved for Heads of
State