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Lithuanian diplomats named in phone scandal involved in investigation at Foreign Ministry's Main Inspectorate

02 August 2013 16:14 (UTC +04:00)

According to Delfi website, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rasa JakilaitienÄ— noted that an investigation is underway in the Main Inspectorate.

The country’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan ArtÅ«ras Å½urauskas and Ambassador to Hungary Renatas Juška handed their resignation letters.

Lithuanian Embassy in Azerbaijan told APA that both ambassadors are currently on vacation.

Records are said to had been uploaded to youtube.com on 8 July, 2013, in one of which, two Lithuanian diplomats are said to be involved in a conversation. It is presumed that one of the diplomats is Zenonas Kumetaitis, deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Eastern Neighbourhood Policy Department, and the other one is Renatas Juška, Lithuania’s Ambassador to Hungary.

The men in the recording are having an informal conversation about Azerbaijan-Armenia relations, personal opinions on the conflict between the two countries, Azerbaijani and Armenians’ active participation in the resolution of issues related to them at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the establishment of a group of friendship with Nagorno-Karabakh in the Lithuanian Seimas.

“I consider it right to call Nagorno-Karabakh as Artsakh. I am supportive of those who lead Armenians,” the man, named as Juska said.