05/12/2010 Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Moqdad said that Lebanese-Syrian ties "cannot be normal if the situation in Lebanon is not normal," the Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper reported on Sunday.
The Syrian dilomat said: "Syria will not interfere in Lebanon in the interests of any side and the Lebanese officials are responsible for their country."
"Syria will not return to Lebanon militarily no matter how difficult the situation becomes," he stressed. "We want more independence and sovereignty in Lebanon," he added.
Addressing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and its indictment, Moqdad said: "Syria has cooperated with the investigation and Prime Minister Saad Hariri had stated that accusations against Syria were political."
"Does a reasonable person waiting for a fire that he knows will come not prepare himself to extinguish it when it arrives?" he asked in reference to the indictment.
"The STL is politicized and this is obvious through its structure, which gives the impression that it was politicized from the start … I know all the games that were played to establish the tribunal," the Syrian official continued.
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