The Foreign Minister of Belgium called fake information about the loss of 10 billion euros from the frozen "accounts of Gaddafi"

Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders called fake information about the loss of more than 10 billion euros from the frozen accounts of the surrounded leader of Libya Muammar Gaddafi. “Everything cleared up in less than 24 hours,” Rynders told Belga .

The commentary followed after the treasury confirmed the freezing of 14 billion euros in Libyan accounts in the EuroClear bank, RTBF reports. Shortly before this, the Minister of Finance of Belgium Johan van Overtweldt indicated that these amounts were still frozen.

The head of the Belgian Foreign Ministry reproached members of the parliament from the opposition, which turned information about the disappearance of money into a "state affair" without checking the authenticity of the information. Reynders noted that "there is, of course, the freedom of the press," but added that false information should be corrected.

Recall that the Belgian edition of Le Vif previously reported that more than 10 billion euros were missing by 2017 from four accounts opened for Libyan Investment Authority and Libyan Foreign Company, and frozen after 2011 by decision of the UN. The authorities of Belgium, according to journalists, discovered the loss of funds last fall.

The editors of Le Vif welcomed the fact that the Minister of Foreign Affairs "finally deigned to answer the article," the weekly website said. However, Le Vif categorically rejected the expression "fake news" used by Renders.

Le VIF noted that Reynders were requested a comment, but they were systematically offered to redirect the issue to the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry of Finance, on the other hand, was noted in the journal, did not refute information about the "evaporated" 10 billion euros, but only said that the treasury did not allow any defrosting of accounts - without further clarification. The editors also referred to a representative of the prosecutor’s office, who confirmed that less than five billion euros have been left on the accounts of EuroClear, where Libyan funds have been frozen since 2011.