Mashnouq Holds Talks with Aoun in Rabieh
Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq held talks on Thursday with Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Michel Aoun.
Mashnouq, who is loyal to al-Mustaqbal movement, refused to disclose to reporters at Rabieh the context of his talks with Aoun after a 45-minute meeting.
Mashnouq only said that he cannot make any statement in the presence of Aoun.
LBCI reported that the meeting tackled the latest developments.
Earlier on Thursday, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported that discussions between the political arch-foes over the ministerial policy statement witnessed progress at night.
The committee tasked with drafting the policy statement will hold its ninth meeting on Friday but it has so far failed to narrow differences on the resistance clause after the March 14 alliance stressed that the resistance should be placed under the authority of the Lebanese state.
The Hizbullah-led March 8 camp, on the other hand, rejected this demand, wanting to legitimize the party's armed resistance against Israel.
Al-Joumhouria described the meeting as “the first of its kind.”
The report pointed out that Mashnouq is seeking to address several matters during his meeting with Aoun.
The meeting comes after Aoun recently confirmed that he has recently met with former premier and head of al-Mustaqbal movement Saad Hariri ahead of the formation of Prime Minister Tammam Salam's cabinet in February.
According to unconfirmed reports, ex-PM Hariri and Bassil had also held a meeting in Dubai.
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