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Diplomat apologizes for letter concerning Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler

High-ranking diplomat Tor Wennesland has apologized for a private letter that praised Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler's work for the Norwegian government. He has still not explained why he wrote it.

Wennesland wrote a letter about Dan Gertler years after he was done with the case. Here he is in Cairo, where he was ambassador for Norway.
Wennesland wrote a letter about Dan Gertler years after he was done with the case. Here he is in Cairo, where he was ambassador for Norway.Foto: Guri Solberg/UD/NTB
Tor WenneslandDan GertlerUtenriksdepartementetFN
Publisert 15. February 2021, kl. 10.58Oppdatert 15. February 2021, kl. 11.01