Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has launched an audit into the use of representation funds at the Embassy in London after receiving additional information about possible misconduct by two diplomats – Ambassador to the UK Eitvydas Bajarūnas and Ambassador to NATO Deividas Matulionis.
“Official steps have now been taken, upon receipt of additional information, to verify the above-mentioned information, and there’s also an ongoing audit into the use of the embassy’s representation funds in London,” Paulina Levickytė, spokeswoman for the foreign minister, told BNS on Thursday.
“However, we will refrain from making broader comments at the moment while the information is being verified and assessed,” she added.
Delfi.lt reported in August that the Foreign Ministry had received complaints from employees about possible mobbing and abuse of office by Bajarūnas.
There were also allegations that Matulionis may have failed to comply with the mandate given by state institutions and may have weakened Lithuania’s negotiating position during the negotiations on the documents of the NATO summit in Vilnius.
Lithuanian ambassadors are appointed and dismissed by the president on the recommendation of the government and with the approval of the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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