A senior Norwegian diplomat has resigned after an investigation was launched into her ties to late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Mona Juul, the Scandinavian nation’s ambassador to Jordan and Iraq, is among several high-profile Norwegian figures swept up in the latest Epstein file release.
The senior diplomat, who played a key role in the secret Israeli-Palestinian negotiations which led to the Oslo Accords of the early 1990s, was temporarily suspended on Monday pending an investigation into her alleged links to Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking.
Epstein left around £7.4million in his will to Juul’s two children with her husband, fellow diplomat and Oslo talks broker Terje Rod-Larsen, according to Norwegian media.
‘This is a correct and necessary decision. Juul’s contact with the convicted abuser Epstein has shown a serious lapse in judgement,’ foreign minister Espen Barth Eide said in a statement.
Eide said that the ministry would continue to hold talks with Juul throughout the review to determine the extent of their dealings.
‘It is important to understand the scope of the contact she, as an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has had with Epstein,’ he said.
He added that the Jordan embassy would be led by the deputy ambassador until a new envoy is appointed.
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