STL ‘Greatly Encouraged’ by Miqati’s Announcement of Funds Transfer
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon praised on Wednesday Premier Najib Miqati’s announcement that he had transferred Beirut’s share of funding to the court probing the murder of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri.
“We are greatly encouraged by the Lebanese PM's announcement that 2011 contribution to the STL has been transferred to our account,” the court said on twitter.
“We look forward to receiving the money. When we do we will confirm that it has arrived,” it said in another tweet.
Miqati said that he transferred Lebanon’s share of funding in a decision aimed at protecting the country from the upheavals shaking the region.
Lebanon is responsible for meeting 49 percent of the STL's financing, which amounts to some $33 million this year.
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