Lebanese PM denies meeting with Bellemare

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s office issued a statement on Saturday denying a report that Mikati met with Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare during his visit to New York last September. The statement said that "the news is totally wrong," adding that "PM Mikati has not met Bellemare since the day the latter took office." Reports quoted earlier on Friday STL Acting Registrar Herman von Hebel as saying that "Bellemare gave Mikati a letter that reminds him of Lebanon’s obligation to pay its share of the STL funding," and that "Mikati and President Michel Sleiman voiced their commitment to funding STL."