President of the Special
Tribunal for Lebanon Judge Sir David Baragwanath held talks on Monday with
President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister Najib Miqati separately as he is
expected to meet with several other senior Lebanese officials.
The National News Agency
reported that Suleiman discussed with Baragwanath at the Baabda Palace
Baragwanath left the
Grand Serail without making any statement after a 30-minute meeting with
Miqati.
Baragwanath arrived in Lebanon on Sunday night from Frankfurt .
Al-Akhbar newspaper
reported in March that the STL president will seek to ink a “memorandum of
understanding” with the heads of the Bar Associations in Beirut
and Tripoli
He wants to allow the
families of the victims of the assassination of ex-PM Rafik Hariri, who are
included in the first indictment issued by the STL and the expected one, to
appoint the attorneys that they want during the proceedings of the trial.
Baragwanath was elected
STL President after Judge Antonio Cassese stepped down in October 2011 on
health grounds. Cassese later passed away.
The tribunal, set up by
the U.N. Security Council at the request of a past Lebanese government to try
those responsible for the assassination of Hariri in 2005, announced in
February that it will put four Hizbullah members on trial even though they have
not yet been detained.
Arrest warrants have
been issued for the four members -- Salim Ayyash, Mustafa Badreddine, Hussein
Oneissi and Assad Sabra.
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