UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly said on Saturday that the assassination of Internal Security Forces Information Branch Wissam al-Hasan only aims to destabilize Lebanon, calling for punishing the perpetrators.

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly said on Saturday that the assassination of Internal Security Forces Information Branch Wissam al-Hasan only aims to destabilize Lebanon, calling for punishing the perpetrators.

In remarks to a Lebanese radio, Plumbly said that the Security Council will not interfere in Lebanon's internal affairs or any decision to change the current government.

“Forming a new cabinet in Lebanon is an internal affair, and the Security Council will not interfere,” Plumbly told Voice of Lebanon Radio (93.3), stressing the necessity that efforts exerted by President Michel Sleiman succeed.

Earlier, Plumbly met with Head of the al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc, Fuad Siniora.
On the meeting he said: “Siniora and I discussed the next steps to be taken and I believe that there is agreement on the core issues of the current crisis mainly the security situation and the policy of dissociation, in addition to holding the parliamentary elections.”

“It’s crucial that the dialogue initiated by President Michel Suleiman, and find the approval of all parties to preserve Lebanon form any divisions,” stressed the U.N. coordinator.
Hasan was assassinated last Friday in a huge car bomb attack in Achrafyieh.