September 23, 2009 - Naharnet - Roed-Larsen to Bellemare: No Contradiction between Tribunal and Disarmament

Roed-Larsen to Bellemare: No Contradiction between Tribunal and Disarmament
Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare met in recent weeks with Special U.N. envoy Terje Roed-Larsen in The Hague, sources close to Bellemare said in remarks published by the daily al-Akhbar on Tuesday. The sources said talks tackled the intersection of information relating to the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 and Resolution 1559.Al-Akhbar quoted Bellemare sources as stressing that the U.N. prosecutor has maintained strict confidentiality in criminal investigations in the murder of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri and related crimes. An STL official did not rule out that Roed-Larsen would put forward questions for Bellemare concerning his meeting at the Justice Palace in Beirut with a Hizbullah official prior to his departure from Lebanon.Al-Akhbar said Lebanese officers who had maintained contact with the U.N. investigation committee stressed that the probe has reached a possible link between the communications network which had been uncovered by Lebanese intelligence during the early stages of the investigation and a person said to be linked to Hizbullah. It went on to say, citing one investigator, that the alleged Hizbullah person traveled to Syria and from there to Iraq before he went missing. It said Lebanese security services have gathered data on the suspect, but "quitted the dossier following the assassination of one of the officers in an explosive device," according to a senior security official.
Beirut, Updated 22 Sep 09, 14:18



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