President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Sir David Baragwanath is expected to visit Lebanon during the upcoming week, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Monday.
Cabinet sources told the daily that the visit is linked to the escalating stances on the funding of the STL.
MTV later confirmed on Monday that Baragwanath will head to Lebanon on Wednesday.
Baragwanath has replaced head of the tribunal Antonio Cassese who resigned on October 9 for medical reasons and died of cancer days after stepping down.
The issue of funding the STL has deepened the rift between the March 8-dominated government and the March 14-led opposition.
Lebanon is responsible for meeting 49 percent of the costs of the U.N.-backed STL, which has charged four Hizbullah members in the February 14, 2005 assassination of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others.
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