PARIS: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been released after he was questioned by police for a second day over allegations he took millions of euros in illegal campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi.
After spending the night at home, Sarkozy has returned to a police station in Nanterre, northwest of Paris, to be questioned by anticorruption police officers, a person with direct knowledge of the case told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
An investigation has been underway since 2013 into the case, involving funding for Sarkozy’s winning 2007 presidential campaign. The 63-year-old Sarkozy has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
France ex-president Sarkozy released after questioning in Libya probe
France ex-president Sarkozy released after questioning in Libya probe
Russia will examine Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ invite: Putin
- Invites were sent to dozens of world leaders with a request for $1 billion for a permanent seat on the board
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Russia would study US President Donald Trump’s invitation to join his “Board of Peace.”
“The Russian foreign ministry has been charged with studying the documents that were sent to us and to consult on the topic with our strategic partners,” Putin said during a televised government meeting. “It is only after that we’ll be able to reply to the invitation.”
He said that Russia could pay the billion dollars being asked for permanent membership “from the Russian assets frozen under the previous American administration.”
He added that the assets could also be used “to reconstruct the territories damaged by the hostilities, after the conclusion of a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.”
Invites were sent to dozens of world leaders with a request for $1 billion for a permanent seat on the board.
Although originally meant to oversee Gaza’s rebuilding, the board’s charter does not seem to limit its role to the Palestinian coastal enclave and appears to want to rival the United Nations, drawing the ire of some US allies including France.
