Report: Bellemare to Discuss with Charbel Results of Lebanese Probe
Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare is expected to hold a series of talks with Lebanese officials during a two-day farewell visit to Beirut on Thursday.
An Nahar daily said Monday that Bellemare will discuss with Interior Minister Marwan Charbel the results of the investigations carried out by the Lebanese security agencies on issues linked to the court’s work.
The STL has indicted four Hizbullah members in the February 2005 assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri. But Lebanese authorities have so far failed to arrest them.
The court announced in December that Bellemare has informed U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon that, for health reasons, he does not intend to seek reappointment for a second term as prosecutor at the end of next month.
"It has been an honor and a privilege to seek justice for the people of Lebanon. While this long and difficult journey is far from over, solid foundations have been laid to achieve justice and accountability for the attack of 14 February 2005 and connected cases, through the rule of law," Bellemare said in a statement.
Informed sources told pan-Arab daily al-Hayat last week that Bellemare will meet with former Defense Minister Elias Murr, MP Marwan Hamadeh and the family of slain ex-communist party leader George Hawi.
The attacks on the three officials have been linked to Hariri’s murder.
Source: Naharnet
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