 Syria is satisfied with UN investigators' handling of meetings with Syrian officials to hear testimony on the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri, a Syrian source has said.
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"We are comfortable with the manner in which the meetings are being conducted," the official said on the second day of interviews at a hotel near the Syrian-Lebanese border. The official declined to specify what questions were raised during the investigation, which Syrian media have said they fear might be politicised. Another source said legal experts had been attending the meetings, whose records are being minuted in Arabic and signed by members of the UN team and the witnesses. He said the unidentified officials were testifying "in their personal capacities and not as officials".
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Some Lebanese have blamed Syria, the dominant power in the country for nearly three decades, for the 14 February attack that killed al-Hariri and 20 others. Damascus has denied any role. |