US ambassador in Beirut: These are OUR conditions, but Miqati's government formation should be "an exclusively Lebanese process that should remain free from coercion"...

Via Friday-Lunch-Club



“.... the next government of Lebanon should live up to its international obligations, including the full implementation of all Lebanon-related Security Council resolutions, and uphold Lebanon’s commitment to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon,” Connelly said in a statement after meeting separately with Gemayel and caretaker Labor Minister Butros Harb.
“The work of the tribunal is of vital importance to the stability and security of Lebanon, and its work must continue. Any government that claims to be truly representative of all of Lebanon would find it impossible to abandon the tribunal’s efforts to end the era of impunity for assassinations in the country,” she said.
In both meetings, Connelly stressed the view of the United States that the formation of the government is “an exclusively Lebanese process that should remain free from coercion, intimidation and threats of violence from both inside and outside Lebanon.”

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