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BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati held private talks Wednesday with a representative from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in the second such meeting in as many days.
Mikati met head of the STL Defense Office François Roux at the Grand Serail in Downtown Beirut.
However, no facts about the meeting were revealed.
This was the second behind-the-scenes meeting since Tuesday, when Mikati held hush-hush talks with STL Registrar Herman von Hebel.
Tuesday’s meeting was the first between Mikati and an STL official since the release of indictments in June against four members of Hezbollah suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005.
The meetings come following a pledge by Mikati to fund the U.N.-backed court, which Hezbollah accuses of being part of a conspiracy to target the resistance group.
Hezbollah denies involvement in the assassination of Hariri and has vowed not to cooperate with the tribunal.
Mikati heads a Cabinet that is dominated by the March 8 coalition that is led by Hezbollah.
Mikati met head of the STL Defense Office François Roux at the Grand Serail in Downtown Beirut.
However, no facts about the meeting were revealed.
This was the second behind-the-scenes meeting since Tuesday, when Mikati held hush-hush talks with STL Registrar Herman von Hebel.
Tuesday’s meeting was the first between Mikati and an STL official since the release of indictments in June against four members of Hezbollah suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005.
The meetings come following a pledge by Mikati to fund the U.N.-backed court, which Hezbollah accuses of being part of a conspiracy to target the resistance group.
Hezbollah denies involvement in the assassination of Hariri and has vowed not to cooperate with the tribunal.
Mikati heads a Cabinet that is dominated by the March 8 coalition that is led by Hezbollah.
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