Al-Akhbar: Report on Nasrallah, Assad Meeting Not Credible
Al-Akhbar newspaper denied on Friday that a meeting was held between Syrian president Bashar Assad and Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
“The meeting was not held, the statements were not credible, and they are baseless,” the daily said.
It added: “The contacts we made with the concerned sides showed that the meeting didn’t occur.”
On Thursday, the newspaper reported that Nasrallah discussed with Assad the stance of the Lebanese parliamentary majority from the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
It said that Nasrallah visited Damascus around 10 days ago.
Discussions between the two officials focused on the regional developments and March 8 forces’ rejection to fund the STL.
According to the report, Assad “did not mind” funding the tribunal, saying the stability of Premier Najib Miqati’s cabinet was a priority.
But the Hizbullah chief stressed to the Syrian president that his rejection of the funding was “a matter of principle linked to the resistance.”
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