The embassies of Kazakhstan and Nigeria in London have paid parking fines worth £40,000 ahead of a government report naming and shaming foreign missions for unpaid penalties, a council said Wednesday. The Kazakh embassy was the worst offender on the council's list but has now coughed up £37,160 (42,216 euros, $59,011) for 627 parking tickets built up from 2007 to 2010, the council said in a statement.
Nigeria's embassy meanwhile paid £3,450 for clocking up 78 parking tickets. The worst offenders are the embassies of China, Turkey, Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates and Cyprus, who collectively owe £72,880.