The resignation came after Juul's talks with the foreign ministry. Espen Barth Eide, who heads it, assessed the decision as “right and necessary”. He also pointed to a serious lack of assessment of the situation in Juul's contacts with Epstein.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiated an investigation into the nature of the relationship between the diplomat and Epstein. It is intended to determine whether there was a violation of the regulations applicable to state officials and whether these contacts had an impact on her diplomatic work. The proceedings will continue despite Juul's resignation.
Why did Mona Juul resign?
What were her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein?
What did the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs say about the Juul decision?
Will the investigation continue?
Juul and her husband bought an apartment thanks to Epstein
Mona Juul was the ambassador of Norway, among others. in Great Britain and the country's representative to the UN. Together with her husband, diplomat Terje Roed-Larsen, she was one of the key negotiators of the 1994 Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The media reported that Roed-Larsen helped Epstein establish contacts with the Israeli intelligence community. The organization he headed was to receive approximately $6 million from Epstein's accounts in the form of a donation. According to the press, thanks to Epstein's intercession, the diplomat couple was also supposed to buy a 300-square-meter apartment in an exclusive district of Oslo for half the market value.
Epstein was convicted in 2008 in a Florida state court of sexually abusing minors. In 2019, federal prosecutors charged him with trafficking minors for sexual exploitation. In the same year he committed suicide in custody.
