Jerusalem  - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday he would quit his post if the attorney general followed a police recommendation to indict him on a host of charges, including bribery, fraud and obstruction of justice.

"If the attorney general decides to submit an indictment, then there is no doubt that at that moment I will resign," he told the parliamentary caucus of his Yisrael Beteinu party.

Police recommended Sunday that Lieberman be indicted for a slew of crimes, including bribery, money laundering, accepting bribes, obstruction of justice and harassing a witness.

The Moldovan-born politician is suspected of having received hundreds of thousands of US dollars, possibly as bribes from foreign businessmen, while serving as a lawmaker in the Knesset, Israel's parliament.

The money was allegedly channelled to him via Cyprus, close associates and a fake consultancy founded under his daughter's name when she reached the age of 21.

A statement issued by Lieberman's office said there was no "real" reason to open an investigation against the minister, and noted that "if there was a basis for the suspicions, the investigation would not have lasted for over a decade."

His office also said that as Lieberman's politcal fortunes, and that of his Ysirael Beteinu party rose, so did the attempts to expel him from the politcal arena intensify.

Israel's Justice Ministry said the material on the Lieberman case it received from the police would be studied by a team from the Economic Section of the State Attorney's Office.

The team would present their recommendations to Attorney General Menahem Mazuz and State Attorney Moshe Lador "as soon as possible," the ministry statement said. (dpa)