Lebanese government: UN fact finding report commission on Hariri assassination not based on evidence
Lebanon-UN, Politics, 3/26/2005

The Lebanese government expressed readiness to cooperate with the recommendations of the UN fact finding commission to carry out an international investigation in order to reveal "the facts" in the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri.

The Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hammoud said in a joint press conference with the minister of Justice Adnan Addoum that the government is careful to know the "fact." But he indicated this is linked to what the UN Security Council resolution will conclude in light of the recommendations of the committee.

But the Lebanese minister stressed that the report of the committee cannot be considered as judicial or legal. It is rather a technical report and considered the conclusions of the report as not built on evidence.

Concerning the tension which prevailed Lebanon prior to the assassination of Hariri, the Lebanese minister said that UN Security Council resolution 1559 was the cause the atmosphere of political unrest among all Lebanese sides.

The minister refused the accusations raised by the report of the Lebanese security forces on failure or negligence in ensuring security to its citizens, noting these accusations are far from reality and beyond the mission of the committee.

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