Committee to Discuss MoU as Hariri, Hizbullah Keep Up-to-Date with Contacts
A trilateral ministerial committee set up by Cabinet will meet on Tuesday to discuss the Memorandum of Understanding between Lebanon and the international tribunal.
Pan-Arab daily Al Hayat said Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri and Hizbullah Secretary General”s political assistant Hussein Khalil maintained contact with each other to follow up on efforts exerted by the ministerial committee "to avoid any bickering over the international tribunal."
Al Hayat said ministerial sources hoped that efforts exerted to produce a "new version" of article 3 of the MoU would move forward after Opposition cabinet ministers voiced reservations.
State Minister Jean Oghassabian on Tuesday ruled out any dispute would flare over the MoU.
He told the Voice of Lebanon radio station that a proposal that calls for the return to the text of the Court charter is now under consideration.
In turn, Tourism Minister Elie Maroni said Cabinet agreed that the committee should not take more than one week to complete its work.