Reports: Bukhari discusses presidential file with Durel
Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari met Thursday with French presidential adviser Patrick Durel to discuss the Lebanese presidential file, TV networks said.
Media reports published Thursday had said that “the French are pushing for an urgent settlement for the Lebanese file,” a day after a 12th presidential election session failed to produce a new president.
“The French atmosphere ahead of the expected meeting between the French president and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman indicates that the Elysee wants this meeting to represent a major impetus to finalize this settlement,” diplomatic sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper.
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Argentine judge calls for detention of four Lebanese citizens in AMIA bombing probe
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A federal judge in Argentina has called on Interpol to detain four Lebanese citizens, so they can be questioned for their suspected role in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center that killed 85 people.
“Regarding these individuals, there are well-founded suspicions that they are collaborators or operational agents of the … armed wing of Hezbollah,” judge Daniel Rafecas wrote in a resolution dated June 13 that the Associated Press obtained Thursday.
Argentine prosecutors have long alleged that Iranian officials used the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah to carry out the deadly attack. Iran has long denied any involvement in the incident.
Both the United States and Argentina have designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
