Nine ministers voiced their reservation on the wording of the clause on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon during the session for approving the government policy statement on Thursday.

The ministers objected to the use of the word “in principle” in article 14 of the statement on the STL.

Hizbullah considers itself “not concerned with” arrest warrants that were issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon against four Hizbullah members, sources close to the Shiite party said.

While the group refused to comment on the indictment, the sources told pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat in remarks published Friday that the court is “politicized and used by the United States to serve the Jewish entity.”

The United States said that an "important step toward justice" has been taken with Lebanon receiving an indictment and arrest warrants for the murder of ex-premier Rafik Hariri.

A high-ranking U.S. source told An Nahar newspaper on Friday that all eyes are on PM Najib Miqati who has to “preserve Lebanon’s honor during difficult times.”

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has reiterated his “strong support” for the international tribunal, which has submitted to the Lebanese authorities a sealed indictment and arrest warrants in the case of ex-PM Rafik Hariri’s assassination.

The secretary general calls on “all states to support the independent judicial process, in particular by cooperating with the Special Tribunal in the execution of the indictment and arrest warrants," said a statement issued by his spokesperson on Thursday.

Former Defense Minister Elias Murr held President Michel Suleiman responsible for exposing his security, stressing that he didn’t carry out his tasks towards the probe into the bombing that targeted him.

“I have been with him (the president) since he was the army chief. He didn’t carry out his tasks concerning the investigation into my attempted murder. And his last stances from the government (show that) he exposed us,” Murr told LBC television on Thursday night.

The March 14 forces welcomed Thursday the confirmed indictment submitted earlier in the day by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to the Lebanese authorities, noting that “the event in itself reveals an important side of the truth in the murder of (ex-)PM Rafik Hariri and his companions and all the martyrs.”

The confirmation of the indictment that was submitted to the Lebanese authorities, along with an unspecified number of arrest warrants, is apt to “place Lebanon on the course of justice,” the March 14 general-secretariat said in a statement following an emergency meeting.

The press office of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Thursday issued a Media Advisory titled “What follows a confirmed indictment?” -- after the court submitted Thursday a confirmed, confidential indictment and arrest warrant(s) to the Lebanese authorities over the 2005 murder of ex-PM Rafik Hariri.

Below is the full text of the Media Advisory:

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which on Thursday issued arrest warrants in connection with the death of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, is the first international tribunal with jurisdiction over the crime of terrorism.

Opening its doors in The Hague on March 1, 2009, the STL was created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution, at Lebanon's request, to try those responsible for Hariri's February 2005 assassination in a car bombing that also killed 22 other people.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen confirmed on June 28 an indictment relating to the 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri and others, STL's press office announced in a statement.

"The indictment and accompanying arrest warrant(s) were transmitted to the Lebanese authorities on 30 June, 2011," the press office noted.

Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel stated on Thursday that the release of the indictment in the investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will pave the way for the beginning of international justice to take effect.

He said during a press conference after an extraordinary meeting for the Phalange Party: “There can be no partnership without the truth and no unity without the truth and no constitutional institutions without the truth.”