Jordan Times
Tuesday, November 1, 2005

Amman calls on Damascus to assist UN probe

AMMAN (AP) — Jordan called on Syria Monday to cooperate with the United Nations in an investigation into the killing of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.

Jordan "believes in the importance of the cooperation of all countries... until the truth [over Hariri's killing] is revealed," Deputy Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson Marwan Muasher told reporters.

Muasher said the Kingdom "hopes that the repercussions of the Mehlis Report wouldn't culminate in a confrontation which will neither serve the region nor its stability."

Chief UN investigator Detlev Mehlis released his report in late October, implicating top Syrian and Lebanese security officials in the Beirut bombing that killed Hariri and 20 others.


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