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October 10, 2011

Now Lebanon - Ad-Diyar reports talks on STL funding between Hezbollah, Mikati , October 10, 2011


An unnamed Progressive Socialist Party source said that discussions between Hezbollah and Prime Minister Najib Mikati regarding paying Lebanon’s share of funding to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) “has not [yet] reached a dead end,” Ad-Diyar newspaper reported on Monday.The UN-backed tribunal is funded by an assortment of donor countries from around the world as well as Lebanon. However, Hezbollah and other March 8 parties and figures have spoken out against Lebanon’s ties and funding for the tribunal and called it a tool to incite sectarian strife in Lebanon.Lebanon contributes 49 percent of the STL’s annual funding.Four Hezbollah members have been indicted by the STL probing the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri. However, the Shia group strongly denied the charges and refuses to cooperate with the court.
-NOW Lebanon
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