Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Dr. Abdallah Bou Habib, on Tuesday welcomed 15 ambassadors and chargé d’affaires representing the countries that signed the Beirut Port explosion’s joint statement at the Human Rights Council. Minister Bou Habib kicked off the meeting by observing a minute of silence for the souls of Beirut Port blast martyrs. The Ambassadors then handed Minister Bou Habib a letter, in which they urged “the competent Lebanese authorities to expedite the judicial investigations of Beirut port explosion,’ deploring the ‘slow course it has taken to date,’ and expressing their concern about ‘continuing attempts to obstruct it.’ For his part, Minister Bou Habib affirmed the Lebanese government’s commitment to reveal the circumstances surrounding the port explosion, while stressing that ‘this responsibility is that of the Lebanese judiciary, which must carry out its duties in accordance with the laws and principles that govern its work.’ Bou Habib expressed hope that matters would take their normal course, whether at the level of judicial or constitutional institutions.
Source: National News Agency-Lebanon