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> Belgium calls back Paris ambassador
>
> Fri 31/08/07 - The Belgian ambassador in Paris Pierre-Dominique
> Schmidt has been relieved of his duties and called back to Brussels,
> admid accusations that he falsified documents in order to obtain extra
> credit from a bank. The Foreign Ministry has opened an enquiry and Mr
> Schmidt will face displinary measures, if the acussations are proved
> to be true.
> The ambassador has also come under fire from the head of the Belgian
> House in Paris.
> (VRT)
> The Belgian house is a house for Belgian students that are studying in
> the French capital.
>
> The Ambassadors is the Chairman of the House's Board and according to
> its Director, Mr Schmidt has a stange approach to handling the Belgian
> House's financial affairs.
>
> Mr Schmit is also said to have prevented the appointment of a new
> Deputy-Director.
>
> According to various sources, extravagent parties were thrown on a
> regular basis at our Paris embassy.
>
> Furthermore, the French daily 'Le Figaro' reports that the Belgian
> Embassy in Paris is 70,000 euros in the red.
> Minister speaks out
> The Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht (Flemish liberal) spoke
> for the first time about the affair in an interview with the
> Francophone daily 'Le Soir'.
>
> Mr De Gucht says that the accusations being taken seriously.
>
> Things came to a head when Mr Schmidt tried to obtain a loan from a
> Paris bank by using a forged letter from the Belgian Foreign Ministry.
>
> A bank clerk suspected that something was not right and reported the
> incident to the police.
>
> Mr De Gucht told the paper that there are strong indications that
> point to Mr Schmidt having been responsible for producing the forgery.
>
> Meanwhile the ambassador denies any wrong doing and says that he is
> the victim of a politically motivated witch-hunt. 49-year-old Mr
> Schmidt adds that a lot of people felt put out that such a relatively
> young diplomat had been given the prestigious post of Belgian
> Ambassador in Paris.
>
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