Report: Qatari ambassador invited Jumblat, Bassil to Doha talks

Qatari Ambassador to Lebanon Sheikh Saud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has invited former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat and Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil to visit Qatar to discuss the presidential file with top officials there, Nidaa al-Watan newspaper said.

The daily reported Monday that Al-Thani will visit other political leaders soon to invite them to talks in Doha.

Amal MP and Berri's political aide Ali Hassan Khalil has already visited Qatar and reportedly discussed there the clashes on Lebanon's southern border and the presidential file.

Crisis-hit Lebanon has been without a president since Michel Aoun's term ended in October 2022, with neither of the two main blocs -- Hezbollah and its opponents -- having the majority required to elect one.

The international community and the five-nation group, which comprises the U.S., France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt, have long urged Lebanese leaders to end months of political wrangling and stem the financial meltdown.