 Syrian officials have agreed to fully cooperate with the United Nations probe in to the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said. Belgian prosecutor Serge Brammertz arrived in Beirut on Thursday to take over as head of the probe, replacing German magistrate Detlev Mehlis, whose mandate ended last week.
Syrian Foreign Minister Faruk Shara "called me two days ago to assure me that his government is going to cooperate and cooperate fully with the new prosecutor and they look forward to meeting with him as soon as practicable," Mr Annan said. "I urged them to cooperate fully without reservation and they did give me the assurance that they will," he said.
| Does that mean Pencilneck is going to meet with the investigators and answer a few questions? |
Asked whether Mr Brammertz may question Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, as Mr Mehlis wanted, Mr Annan simply responded: "I would want to leave him (Mr Brammertz) to do his work."
| I think we can probably take that as a "no." |
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