Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta

Diplomatic Activities

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
24/02/2016

The Grand Master’s State Visit to Panama

President of the Republic of Panama Juan Carlos Varela welcomed Fra’ Matthew Festing to the Palacio de las Garzas on 24 February last. President Varela then expressed his government’s intention to continue strengthening the bilateral relations and cooperation between the Sovereign Order of Malta and Panama

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
20/02/2016

The President of Honduras receives the Grand Master

The President of the Republic of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, received Fra’ Matthew Festing in the Presidential Palace in Tegucigalpa on 18 February last.

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
17/02/2016

El Salvador and the Sovereign Order of Malta consolidate a 65-year-old relationship

The President of the Republic of El Salvador, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, receiving Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing in the presidential palace on 15 February, confirmed his government’s intention to continue to strengthen its bonds of friendship and cooperation with the Sovereign Order of Malta, with whom bilateral relations date back to 1951.

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
17/02/2016

The Grand Master at the Central American Integration System (SICA)

In the Central American Integration System (SICA) headquarters on 15 February last, Fra’ Matthew Festing, Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, met the Secretary General, Dr Victoria Marina Velasquez de Aviles.

Diplomatic Activities
16/02/2016

Grand Chancellor’s Brussels Meetings Focus on Immigration and Refugee Crisis

The Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Order of Malta, went to Brussels for a series of meetings with the European Union leaders, including the Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources.

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
14/02/2016

Grand Master’s Central America State visits

Fra’ Matthew Festing, Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, has arrived yesterday in El Salvador, together with his Delegation, on his first visit to Central America.

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
12/01/2016

Speech of H.M.E.H. the Prince and Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta

The Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing received today the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta for the traditional audience of the beginning of the new year. The audience took place at the Magistral Villa in Rome.

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
11/12/2015

Felipe VI receives Fra’ Matthew Festing in Madrid

The King of Spain, Felipe VI received the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing, during his official visit to Spain.

Diplomatic Activities
07/12/2015

Credentials presented by Colombia and Hungary

Credentials by Colombia and Hungary to the Order of Malta