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French ex-minister offers resignation from Paris cultural hub over Epstein links: letter

Former French Culture Minister and current President of the Arab World Institute (IMA) Jack Lang arrives for a meeting with French President and the King of Morocco on May 2, 2017 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris.[AFP]

Former French culture minister Jack Lang offered his resignation Saturday from his role as head of a prestigious Paris cultural centre over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a letter to the foreign minister seen by AFP.

Lang, who has headed the Arab World Institute (IMA) since 2013, is the most high-profile public figure in France caught up in the latest release of private messages from the paedophile New York businessman.

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