Syrian businessman George Haswani denied any hyperlinks on Wednesday to final 12 months’s explosion that killed 200 individuals in Beirut, telling Reuters that he knew nothing about an organization linked to the acquisition of the fertilizer that exploded within the port.
Haswani was named by Reuters and different media shops this month after it emerged that an organization he owned, Hesco Engineering and Development Firm Ltd, maintained its company register on the identical London handle as British agency, Savaro Ltd. The Mozambican agency that ordered the fertilizer, FEM, has stated it ordered the cargo via Savaro.
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Chatting with Reuters at his Damascus house, Haswani stated he had employed the identical Cypriot company, Interstatus, to register his firm that additionally registered Savaro, and the agent had shifted the placement of the registers to the identical handle on the identical day.
However he stated he knew nothing about Savaro, and recommended any hyperlinks between it and his personal firm had been purely a coincidence arising from utilizing the identical agent. As beforehand reported,
Reuters couldn’t decide whether or not Haswani had any involvement with Savaro.
“I don’t know what different corporations are registered by this Cypriot firm, 5 or three or 70 or extra,” Haswani stated.
“It’s a fabricated media whirlwind,” Haswani informed Reuters of experiences suggesting he may need been implicated within the blast. “We don’t know Savaro and we hadn’t heard about them earlier than this.”
Interstatus didn’t reply to a request for touch upon Wednesday.
The boss of Interstatus, Marina Psyllou, is listed in Savaro’s registration paperwork as Savaro’s proprietor and sole director, however has denied being the agency’s true proprietor.
She informed Reuters final week that the agency’s helpful proprietor was another person, whom she declined to determine. She has stated Savaro was a dormant firm that had by no means carried out enterprise.
Haswani stated he had not been contacted by any investigators from Lebanon or another nation in relation to the blast, and that he would quickly file a authorized case in Paris in opposition to media experiences linking him to it.
“I’m dwelling my life usually and laughing as a result of I’m somebody who is aware of effectively that I’ve nothing to do with this matter in any respect,” Haswani stated. “Why would I fear?”
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