"If there is a decision based on a simple suspicion or political interference, then at that moment nobody will take the tribunal’s conclusions seriously".
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday that nobody will take seriously the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) investigating the 2005 assassination of Rafiq Hariri if there is interference in its ruling.
In an interview with French broadcaster TF1, Assad said: "If the decision of the tribunal is based on evidence, everybody will accept its conclusions, not only Syria but also Lebanon."
"If there is a decision based on a simple suspicion or political interference, then at that moment nobody will take the tribunal's conclusions seriously," Assad stated at the end of a two-day visit to France.
Tensions are high in Lebanon after media outlets reported that the STL will indict Hezbollah in Hariri’s murder.
The party vehemently denied playing any role in the assassination considering the probe as an Israeli-American project established with the goal of creating division in the country and undermining the resistance movement, the unachievable goal of July war.
The newly-appointed Registrar of the STL, Herman von Hebel, said on Thursday that he expects the court's prosecutor, Daniel Bellemare, to send a draft indictment to the pre-trial judge for confirmation "very very soon."
In an interview with French broadcaster TF1, Assad said: "If the decision of the tribunal is based on evidence, everybody will accept its conclusions, not only Syria but also Lebanon."
"If there is a decision based on a simple suspicion or political interference, then at that moment nobody will take the tribunal's conclusions seriously," Assad stated at the end of a two-day visit to France.
Tensions are high in Lebanon after media outlets reported that the STL will indict Hezbollah in Hariri’s murder.
The party vehemently denied playing any role in the assassination considering the probe as an Israeli-American project established with the goal of creating division in the country and undermining the resistance movement, the unachievable goal of July war.
The newly-appointed Registrar of the STL, Herman von Hebel, said on Thursday that he expects the court's prosecutor, Daniel Bellemare, to send a draft indictment to the pre-trial judge for confirmation "very very soon."
