Al-Hayat daily reported on Sunday that President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Najib Mikati did not agree during their meeting on Saturday to place the issue of Lebanon’s share of funding for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on the agenda of the next cabinet meeting.
The UN-backed tribunal, which is probing the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, 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.
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