Daily Star: Brammertz concentrates on interviewing Syrians
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 1/31/2006

The new head of the UN investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, Serge Brammertz, will be primarily focusing on interviewing Syrian officials, sources from the UN team said Monday, the Lebanese Daily Star reported.

The sources said while Brammertz is still reviewing documents related to the probe, the chief investigator would "not be going into deep investigations with Lebanese witnesses," the Daily Star reported.

They also noted that Syria has yet to provide a final response to Brammertz's request to interview Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as well as any other senior politicians or security officials.

Failure of the Syrian regime to agree to the UN probe's requests would likely result in Brammertz returning to the Security Council in mid-February to complain of a lack of Syrian cooperation.

Separate sources close to the investigation said Lebanese officials have conveyed to the UN their wish to convene an international court to try Hariri's murderers outside of Lebanon.

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