Italy–Malta relations

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Italian–Maltese relations

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Italy–Malta relations are

Pre-independence relations

Malta and the Italian peninsula have a long history of relations given their proximity. Malta was part of the

Italy was the first country to establish a diplomatic mission in Malta and the first to appoint a resident ambassador (since then resident at Villa Bel Air in Ta' Xbiex) after Malta achieved independence and became a full member of the UN. On December 1, 1964, that the first Italian ambassador presented his credentials to the governor general, Sir Maurice Dorman.^[3]

In 1980, Malta entered into a

Italy has an embassy in Valletta. Malta has an embassy in Rome and 18 honorary consulates (in Bari, Bologna, Brescia, Cagliari, Catania, Genoa, Livorno, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Perugia, Reggio Calabria, Savona, Syracuse, Turin, Trieste, and Venice).

Historical notable persons in Italian-Maltese relations

• Mattia Preti, painter
• Alberto Pullicino, painter
• Pietro Paolo Floriani, architect, after whom Floriana was named

Notable contemporary persons with double citizenship of Italy and Malta

• Arnold Cassola, politician
• Aidan Zammit, musician
• Samuel Deguara, basketball player

See also

• Foreign relations of Italy
• Foreign relations of Malta
• Italian irredentism in Malta
• Accession of Malta to the European Union
• Malta–NATO relations
• European Union–NATO relations

References