Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said relations with Syria are moving slowly but developing for the better, adding, “We hope for all the best,” according to Lebanon’s National News Agency on Friday, 12 December.
During a meeting with a delegation from Journalists for Freedom, Aoun outlined Lebanon’s position on the issue of Syrians detained in Lebanese prisons, saying that Lebanon is calling for the judicial cooperation agreement between the two countries to be put into effect.
Asharq Al-Awsat cited private sources on 11 December as saying the Syrian and Lebanese sides failed to reach an understanding on a mechanism to transfer Syrian prisoners held in Lebanon, due to disagreements over certain provisions in the bilateral judicial agreement. The Lebanese judicial delegation discussed the clauses with Syrian officials during a visit to Damascus on 10 December.
According to the sources, Damascus’s main objections focused on two articles. The first stipulates that the transferring state, Lebanon, has the right to refuse the handover of any convicted person or detainee without providing justification, for reasons of its own. The sources said this clause “gives the Lebanese state the right not to hand over any Syrian prisoner, without anyone asking it for the legal grounds.”
The second article, which Syrians objected to, states that the receiving state, Syria, is not entitled to grant amnesty to any convicted person or detainee it receives from Lebanon.
In the same meeting, Aoun said a Lebanese committee is ready to demarcate the border with Syria, but is waiting for Damascus to decide on the matter. He added that France has handed maps of the Syria Lebanon border to the Lebanese side.
Aoun also said the Shebaa Farms would be left for the end, referring to the disputed area along the border with Syria and the Israeli occupied Golan Heights. He noted that it may be possible to form two demarcation committees, one for the land border and another for the maritime border.
The two countries have held a series of negotiations and meetings on the transfer of detainees on both sides, but without reaching a clear agreement.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights estimated the number of Syrians held in Roumieh Prison at around 2,000, including about 190 detained over their participation in the Syrian revolution.
Roumieh Prison is located northeast of Beirut and is the largest prison in Lebanon. It holds more than 4,000 inmates despite having a capacity of no more than 1,200, which has contributed to overcrowding and poor services.
On the other side, there are no official estimates of the number of Lebanese missing in Syria, but the Association of Lebanese Detainees in Syrian Prisons puts the figure at 622 missing persons.
Meanwhile, former Lebanese Justice Minister Henri Khoury submitted a list in December 2024 containing more than 6,500 names of Lebanese missing in Syria.
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