UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jan Kubis criticized on Friday the slow pace of the ongoing investigation into the disastrous explosion that hit Beirut last August 4.
“One hundred days after the national tragedy of the Beirut port explosion, one hundred days of investigation engaging serious international expertise and still no clarity, no accountability, no justice,” the UN official wrote on his Twitter account.
Around 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate, stockpiled since 2014, detonated on August 4, leaving at least 190 people dead, more than 5,000 injured and thousands of families without shelter.
Since the blast, the Lebanese judge leading the probe has published no information about what caused the explosion and those responsible for it. The investigation has been assisted by a team from France and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Kubis on Friday met with President Michel Aoun to discuss the situation in Lebanon and the indirect negotiations between it and Israel to demarcate the southern maritime borders.
The two sides held their fourth round of talks on Wednesday at the UN headquarters in Naqoura.
Kubis also tackled with Aoun the periodic report he intends to present to the Security Council on the implementation of resolution 1701, ongoing efforts to form a new Lebanese government and the latest US sanctions against Lebanese politicians.
