STL Thanks Lebanon for 'Ongoing Commitment' to Tribunal
The U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon confirmed Tuesday that it has received Lebanon's share of the Tribunal’s 2018 budget from the Lebanese government, following an announcement from Prime Minister Saad Hariri's office.
“The full sum of 28,827,533 euros, amounting to 49 percent of the Tribunal's budget, was transferred to the Tribunal's bank account yesterday by the Lebanese government,” the STL said in a statement.
“The STL thanks the Government of Lebanon for its 2018 contribution and its ongoing commitment and support to the work of the Tribunal,” it added.
Hariri said in a statement before leaving to Davos on Tuesday that Lebanon is “committed to the United Nations Security Council resolution that established the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and looks forward to the day when justice will say its word in the assassination of Martyr Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and his martyr companions.”
Rafik Hariri was assassinated in a massive and shocking suicide bombing in 2005 that destabilized the country.
Five Hizbullah suspects are being tried in absentia by The Hague-based STL over the attack.
Source: Naharnet
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