The Libyan Audit Bureau revealed wednesday that the total 2019 expenses of the diplomatic missions abroad reached LD 311 million.

According to the Audit Bureau, the first section’s expenditure exceeded LD 234 million, and the underexpenditure on salaries did not reach 10%, despite the Presidential Council’s decision to reduce the salaries of those working in these missions by 31.25%.

The Audit Bureau also revealed that the second section’s expenditure approached LD 60 million, and that the number of embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions abroad increased from 138 in 2018 to 150 in 2019.

Moreover, the Audit Bureau noted that monitored multiple Libyan missions in one country until the number of missions reached five in the same country.