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title: 'Malta’s President George Vella visits Germany'
url: 'https://thediplomaticinsight.com/maltas-president-george-vella-visits-germany/'
author: 'Timmy Reyes'
date: '2021-09-23T18:05:17+05:00'
categories:
  - 'Diplomatic News'
  - 'News'
  - 'Public Diplomacy'
---

# Malta’s President George Vella visits Germany

Berlin, 23 September 2021 (TDI): President of Malta George Vella visited Germany on Wednesday, September 22. Vella will meet with President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

In 1965, Germany and Malta established their diplomatic relations shortly after Malta gained independence. Malta has been an EU member state since 1 May 2004. In terms of economic cooperation, Malta has a very open market economy to Germany and Germany is one of its most important financial and trading partners.