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U.S. says new Lebanese government reflects foreign will

29 July 2011 01:49 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. The ambassador of the United States to Lebanon, Maura Connelly, said the government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati reflected external will, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

In a statement circulated by the embassy in Beirut Thursday, Connelly said the current Lebanese government "appears to reflect less the will of the people and more the will of external interests."

The Hezbollah-led government, headed by Mikati, came into power in June after nearly five months of political vacuum, following the collapse of the government of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri following a dispute over a UN backed court probing the assassination of his father Rafik Hariri.

In its first round of indictments, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is believed to have pointed the finger at four Hezbollah members into the 2005 killing. Hezbollah denies involvement and slammed the court a U.S. project to deal a blow to the party’s struggle against Israel.

Many fear that since Hezbollah now dominates the new government it will attempt to cut ties with the Netherlands-based court.