France will investigate the case of an employee of its Jerusalem consulate who was indicted today for allegedly running guns from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
“The French foreign minister has called for an immediate administrative investigation,” the French embassy in Israel says, noting that the chief inspector in the foreign ministry in Paris has been appointed to lead the probe.
In a Hebrew-language statement, the embassy says that that investigation “will poll all of the information at our disposal that relates to this affair.
“This is also about coming to conclusions that will allow employees of the consulate general to continue with their important work under optimal conditions, despite the difficult circumstances,” the statement says.
It also says the suspect, Romain Franck, a 23-year-old former driver for the consulate, is “receiving full consular protection and visits from our embassy in Tel Aviv, including by the ambassador herself.
“We are in constant contact with out compatriot’s family and with Israeli authorities,” it says.
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