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Jumblatt calls for Russian help to probe Hariri killing
 MOSCOW - Key Lebanese opposition figure Walid Jumblatt has called for Russian help to investigate the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported on Thursday. "The official authorities are not investigating and are keeping evidence from us. We do not trust them," Jumblatt said upon his arrival in Moscow late Wednesday, adding that he hoped Russia "would support an international independent investigation of Hariri's murder".
"We rely on Russian help," as Hariri was "a friend of Russia," Jumblatt added.
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Jumblatt, who is due to hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as well as the heads of the Russian parliament's international relations commissions Mikhail Margelov and Konstantin Kosachev, also reiterated his call for Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon by May. "The Lebanese people want to be free," Jumblatt said.
Posted by: Steve White 2005-03-10 |
