Hariri Avoids Syrian Ambassador at Independence Reception
During a Presidential Palace reception where senior officials received well-wishers on Lebanon's Independence Day, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri avoided shaking hands with the Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali and briefly withdrew from the reception.
Hariri blames the Syrian regime for his father's assassination back in 2005.
As soon as Ali arrived to offer his well wishes, Hariri briefly left the place where he was standing with President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Caretaker PM Tammam Salam to avoid shaking hands with the Syrian Ambassador.
On 14 February 2005 Rafik Hariri, the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, was killed along with 21 others in an explosion in Beirut.
His assassination was widely blamed on the Syrian regime.
Source: Naharnet
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