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At the end of October he resigned as president of the think tank International Peace Institute (IPI) after 15 years in office. The antecedents were connections to the abuser and financier Jeffrey Epstein.
A review of the tax forms reported to the US tax authorities shows that in the 14 years reported since 2005 it received around $ 6.7 million from IPI, writes Dagens Næringsliv.
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116 million from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
– Obviously, too much salary has been paid here. It is now up to the Auditor General’s Office and the Foreign Ministry whether it is natural for this to be included in their investigation, says the chairwoman of the Foreign Relations Committee at the Storting, Anniken Huitfeldt (Labor).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has supported IPI with NOK 116 million during Rød-Larsen’s term as director. The money transfers are currently being investigated by the Office of the Auditor General.
– The generous amount of money from the board on the general manager is surprising and unwise. Both because the person in question had already been hired for the position with a lower salary level, and because such compensation is largely reserved for commercial companies that compete internationally, says Conservative Party foreign policy spokesman Michael Tetzschner.
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