Alain Aoun: FPM Talks with Mustaqbal Did Not Tackle Issues of Contention
Free Patriotic Movement MP Alain Aoun stressed that the movement's series of talks with various parties is aimed at ending the political deadlock in Lebanon, reported the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah daily on Sunday.
Aoun revealed: “The FPM's meeting with the Mustaqbal Movement on Thursday however did not address issues of contention.”
“We are seeking to find a mechanism that will help us resolve the country's problems,” he added.
“We are conducting our actions away from the disputes between the Mustaqbal Movement and Hizbullah,” he continued.
“We are not seeking to persuade Hizbullah to accept the Mustaqbal's positions and we are not making the Mustaqbal Movement accept the other's views,” stated the MP.
“The FPM wants to break the deadlock between the political parties, regain the initiative, and see how things will unravel without being attached to the Syrian crisis,” stressed Aoun.
He revealed that the FPM and Mustaqbal Movement presented their views on the government formation efforts during their meeting on Thursday.
He noted that no breakthroughs have been achieved in this file, hoping that President Michel Suleiman's visit to Saudi Arabia would yield positive results in this file.
Suleiman is scheduled to travel the kingdom on Monday where he is set to hold talks with King Abdullah, Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, and Mustaqbal Movement leader MP Saad Hariri.
The president stated on Saturday that he is not seeking to tackle the government impasse with Saudi officials.
A meeting between Change and Reform and the Mustaqbal blocs' lawmakers on Thursday did not result in an accord between both parties, although it was an opportunity to “share ideas and reach common grounds,” the MPs said after the talks.
“Both parties were honest and we shared some ideas,” Mustaqbal MP Atef Majdalani told reporters after the meeting.
He added: “We agreed on continuing the talks to discuss pending national issues.”
Change and Reform bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan explained that the dialogue initiative that his party came forward with aims at “reaching out to all parliamentary blocs.”
Thursday's meeting is one of a series of talks the FPM is seeking to hold with political forces in order to end Lebanon's political deadlock.
The Change and Reform lawmakers had met on Wednesday with a Hizbullah delegation.
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