Lithuania refers its US ambassador’s case to ethics commission

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has referred material concerning its ambassador to the United States, Gediminas Varvuolis, to the Chief Official Ethics Commission after an internal inquiry found he may have used embassy property for personal purposes, LRT reported.

The ministry said its General Inspectorate examined the possible personal use of state property and possible use of official position. Investigators found circumstances that may indicate a breach of rules on reconciling public and private interests. The ministry sent the collected material to the commission for an independent and objective assessment.

The General Inspectorate did not establish all the elements needed to conclude that Varvuolis’s actions amounted to psychological violence or harassment at work.