Malta’s ambassador at Unesco has so far failed to explain its “strange” position in defending a development permit close to a World Heritage site in Mġarr.

Last October, following a controversy which erupted after the granting of a development permit by Mepa for the building of a villa a few metres away from the megalithic temples, the ambassador, Mgr Joe Vella Gauci, issued a statement criticising Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar and defending the permit.

He said it would have no impact on the status of Ta’ Ħaġrat Temples with Unesco.

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