BEIRUT: Arab states have taken measures to reject and prevent the circulation of Syrian arrest warrants issued against a number of Lebanese officials, a senior Arab security official said Monday.
The announcement was made by Mohammad bin Ali Kouman, the secretary general of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, during a closed session for Arab states taking part in the 79th round of the General Assembly of the Interpol in Doha, Qatar.
Director of Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces Major General Ashraf Rifi and a delegation of officers participated in the four-day talks, attended by officials from 139 states. Following the opening session, representatives from the 16 participating Arab states held a meeting to coordinate stances.
During the meeting, Kouman assured Rifi that “Our Arab group, just like the international Interpol, cannot accept such kind of warrants,” adding that all required measures were taken “to reject them and prevent their circulation, especially that they represent a precedent in the inter-Arab police relations and contradict the principles of sovereignty, positive laws and by-laws of the Arab and international Interpol.”
The 33 arrest warrants issued in October, upon the lawsuit filed by former head of Lebanon’s General Security apparatus, targeted journalists and politicians close to Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Former General Jamil Sayyed accuses them of misleading the probe into the assassination of Rafik Hariri in order to implicate him. –The Daily Star
The 33 arrest warrants issued in October, upon the lawsuit filed by former head of Lebanon’s General Security apparatus, targeted journalists and politicians close to Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Former General Jamil Sayyed accuses them of misleading the probe into the assassination of Rafik Hariri in order to implicate him. –The Daily Star
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