July 29, 2010 - Naharnet - Report: Hariri Criticizes Hizbullah for Addressing Him 'Through Screens'

A meeting between the prime minister and Hizbullah leader's political assistant Hussein Khalil on Tuesday started with a severe argument after Saad Hariri criticized what he called a campaign by the Shiite party against the international tribunal, pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported.
The newspaper said Thursday that Hariri criticized Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's way of addressing him "through screens."

A crisis erupted in Lebanon after Nasrallah accused the court of writing a charge sheet before the interrogation of Hizbullah members. "There is a dangerous project that is targeting the resistance," Nasrallah said via video link.

According to al-Hayat, Hariri told Khalil that the issue of the court should be discussed in a calm atmosphere away from the media spotlight.

The newspaper quoted informed sources as saying Khalil stressed to Hariri that Hizbullah does not accept accusations of involvement in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's murder "that's why it cautioned against plots."

Despite the argument, political sources told al-Hayat that a meeting would most probably be held between Hariri and Nasrallah.

Al-Liwaa newspaper's sources described the Hariri-Khalil meeting as good although they said more contact is needed between the two sides.

They said Khalil told Hariri that everyone wants to know the truth behind Hariri's assassination but politicization of the court is rejected. The premier, in his turn, said that he would refuse any indictment that is not backed by evidence.

According to the sources, Hariri also told Khalil that he does not accept his father's soul to become a source of strife in Lebanon.