U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was hopeful that progress will be made in the investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and related crimes.
"I sincerely hope that there should be progress in the investigation," he told a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York.
When asked about when Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare is coming to New York, Ban said:
"For obvious security reasons, his schedule is not known. Therefore, I'm not in a position to tell you when exactly he will be here. That is his decision and his schedule. If he comes, when he comes, he'll have an opportunity of meeting the people concerned, but please remember that he is an independent investigator of the Special Tribunal, and he has his own programs, own authority and mandate, independent from anybody, including myself.
"It has been almost two years (since) we initiated this establishing of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, and he (Bellemare) has been making great efforts to make progress in his investigation. I'm sure that when he has something to take a legal process, then I'm sure that he will make it known to the world.
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