Foreign Minister George Vella will undergo surgery at Mater Dei Hospital tomorrow, the ministry said. 

He will be admitted to hospital this afternoon for a cardiac bypass.

The ministry said Dr Vella suffered a slight cardiac arrest while on a recent visit to China. He was treated in a Beijing hospital where two stents were introduced.  

When he returned to Malta, local consultants advised him to have the bypass. 

The PN in a statement wished Dr Vella well.

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