Aoun: No Agreement on STL Funding between Lebanon, Security Council
Free Patriotic Movement Leader MP Michel Aoun renewed his rejection to finance the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Wednesday, assuring that he is ready to “prosecute the ones who will fund it.”
In an interview with Radio Monte Carlo, Aoun said that “there is no agreement between Lebanon and the U.N. Security Council on the STL”, adding that the decision to establish the tribunal came from one side and was imposed on Lebanon under Chapter seven of the U.N. Charter.
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea had declared on Wednesday that there is a “cooperation protocol between Lebanon and the STL”, stating that “Aoun was part of the previous governments which had funded the Tribunal since 2009.”
On Lebanese PM Najib Miqati’s assurance on “Lebanon’s commitment to the International obligations, including the STL funding”, Aoun said that “there is no agreement, and his pledge was wrong”, assuring that Miqati will be” held responsible if he pays from the Lebanese treasury.”
The FPM leader stressed that he opposes the STL because it is “illegal, and I am ready to prosecute anyone who funds it,” pointing out that “we do not want to pay Lebanon’s share of STL funding because this has been imposed on us.”
When asked about the situation in Syria, Aoun said that “the resistance switched from a peaceful objection to an armed one," adding that "if the purpose was to topple the regime by force and with foreign assistance, then we reject this because there should be stability and we want the Syrians to live in peace.”
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