Special Tribunal for Lebanon( STL) Registrar Daryl Mundis confirmed in a statement that the Lebanese government transferred on Thursday $36 million to STL its annual budget contribution.
“I welcome Lebanon’s contribution and I thank the Lebanese government for fulfilling its international obligation to fund the tribunal,” Mundis said in a statement confirming the receipt of the wire transfer .
“The full sum of € 29,347,003.50, 49% of the Tribunal’s budget, was transferred to the Tribunal’s bank account this morning,” the statement added
Several Hezbollah members accused of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri are being tried in-absentia , because Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah refused to hand them over to the Tribunal or the Lebanese authorities
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