Syria's foreign minister on Friday said Damascus won't deal with the international tribunal being set up by the U.N. to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Syria will not cooperate with the UN tribunal being created to try suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem reiterated on Friday.
Syria will not cooperate with the United Nationals tribunal charged with trying suspects in the murder of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Friday.
BEIRUT—Syria’s foreign minister said Damascus will not deal with the international tribunal being set up by the UN to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Syria and its allied Hezbollah group on Thursday condemned a UN decision to set up a tribunal in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, warning that it violated Lebanon's sovereignty and would deepen its political crisis.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Both Syria and the Lebanese opposition that it supports criticized the United Nations on Thursday for its decision to establish a tribunal to prosecute the killers of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Syria says it will refuse to cooperate with a new U.N.-backed tribunal for suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Syria could spark trouble in Lebanon in response to a U.N. Security Council vote to set up a tribunal to try the killers of Rafik al-Hariri, the former prime minister's son said on Thursday.
Israel's prime minister is assessing prospects for renewed peace talks with Syria and has indicated to his aides a willingness to give up the Golan Heights as part of an accord, a senior Israeli official said Thursday.
Syria will not cooperate with the UN tribunal being created to try suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri, Foreign Minister Walid Moallem reiterated on Friday. UN Resolution 1757, adopted on Wednesday by the Security Council, "has no bearing on Syria, and we have informed the Security Council.