2023-05-23 19:11:00
A spokesman for the US State Department was asked during the press briefing regarding Washington’s opinion on the German arrest warrant issued once morest the Governor of the Banque du Liban, which is the second following a French arrest warrant last week. He replied: “We leave that to our German partners to deal with this situation as we did with the French.”
He added, “In general, it is up to the Lebanese government to make a decision regarding who assumes that position. We are working with the appointed ruler in his official capacity. It is important for the Lebanese government to respect the mechanisms in place for appointing a new ruler and focus on the task of stabilizing the Lebanese economy and bringing regarding the necessary changes.” .
Today, Germany informed Lebanon orally of the issuance of an arrest warrant once morest the Governor of the Banque du Liban, who is under investigation on charges of money laundering and embezzlement in his country and abroad.
Germany verbally notified Lebanon of the issuance of an arrest warrant once morest Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh “on charges of corruption, forgery… money laundering and embezzlement,” a senior judicial source told Archyde.com.
No one at the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office might immediately be reached for comment.
Last Friday, the French Public Prosecutor in charge of financial issues confirmed in a statement that he had issued an arrest warrant once morest Salama.
Salameh had denied any wrongdoing.
On the other hand, an informed judicial source told Al-Nahar that the Lebanese judiciary was not informed of what was announced by the German Public Prosecutor regarding the issuance of an arrest warrant in absentia by the German judiciary once morest the Governor of the Banque du Liban, Riad Salameh.
He added that the issued memorandum may fall within the framework of unifying the open European file in regarding five European countries once morest Salameh.
In the information, the Governor of the Banque du Liban informed the judiciary that he will come tomorrow to the Palace of Justice to hear the Public Defender, Judge Imad Kaplan, to hear his testimony regarding the French arrest warrant issued in absentia once morest him and marked on the red notice of the International Interpol.
Judge Qablan will hear Salameh tomorrow and decide to leave him under investigation and prevent him from traveling.
In addition, the notification papers of Raja Salameh and Marianne Al-Hawik returned to the Acting First Investigating Judge in Beirut, Charbel Abi Samra, with the completion of the two notifications to the French session for investigation with them on the 31st of next June with regard to Raja and June 13 with regard to Al-Hawik.
Follow-up sources suggested that they would appear before the French investigating judge on the date set for each of them.
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