Following its weekly meeting on Tuesday, the Future bloc issued a statement that “all accusations against the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) harm national interests and affect Lebanon negatively.”
The STL is probing the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Media reports say the tribunal’s indictment will be issued before the end of 2010. There are also reports that Hezbollah members could be named in the indictment.
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah accused the STL on Friday of being an Israeli project designed to target the Resistance by stirring up sectarian strife in Lebanon.
The Future bloc also commented on Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s Sunday visit to Damascus, saying that the trip was “an advanced step to enhance Lebanese-Syria relations.”
“Lebanese-Syrian relations should be based on mutual respect of the countries’ independence,” the statement added.
This comes as Hariri made a visit to Damascus on Sunday with a ministerial delegation and signed several bilateral cooperation agreements.
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