Berri Lauds STL Funding, Says it Benefits Lebanon
Speaker Nabih Berri voiced on Wednesday his satisfaction with the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, saying that it falls in the country’s interests.
His visitors reported him as saying: “The government should now focus on tackling various pressing issues.”
“Work should be sped up on all fronts,” he was quoted as saying.
In addition, the speaker’s visitor stated that he had stressed the need to bolster the conditions to resume the national dialogue under President Michel Suleiman’s sponsorship.
Berri also received telephone calls from Suleiman and Prime Minister Najib Miqati congratulating on Lebanon’s successful funding of the STL.
Miqati announced that he had transferred Lebanon’s share of the STL funding on Wednesday morning.
“My insistence on funding the STL emanates from my keenness on protecting Lebanon, the people, the army and the resistance,” he said from the Grand Serail.
Lebanon is obligated to fund 49 percent of the tribunal budget, which amounts to some $33 million.
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