The costs related to the Maltese Consulate in Shanghai amounted to €2,733,670, Foreign Minister George Vella said.

Replying to a parliamentary question by Nationalist MP Tonio Fenech, Dr Vella said this included the purchase of the property, works, IT, architectural, translation and legal services as well as related travel.

The expenditure on the consulate in Algeria totalled €1,863,678.

These include the €1,465,832.38 and €1,652,047.81 of EU funds that were disbursed on the Shanghai and Algeria projects respectively.

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