Hariri: Hizbullah will Reject Any Indictment Accusing it of Crime, Campaign Responding to Aoun Begins Monday
Prime Minister Saad Hariri noted on Friday that Hizbullah will reject any indictment that accuses it of being behind the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri, reported As Safir on Saturday.
MP Ammar Houri revealed Hariri's position to the paper after the Mustaqbal bloc meeting Friday.
He said that Hariri informed the gatherers of tone of the meeting between Saudi King Abdullah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who both agreed to maintain Lebanon's stability and decrease tensions in the country.
Hariri also discussed his meeting with Hizbullah official Hussein Khalil, whom he informed of his refusal to transfer the false witnesses file to the justice council.
A Mustqabal MP was reported as saying that Khalil was very responsive with Hariri's proposals, adding that a meeting with Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah would come as a culmination of a certain efforts.
Furthermore, Hariri would meet with Assad when necessary, but contacts with the Syrian president are still ongoing.
In addition, the meeting addressed Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun's campaign against the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, saying that responses to it will be issued next week.
Finance Minister Rayya al-Hasan is also expected to hold a press conference next week to respond to the MP.
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