FPM, AMAL to Sign Memorandum of Understanding 'Very Soon'
The Free Patriotic Movement and the AMAL Movement are inclined to sign a memorandum of understanding that will turn the page on their years-long frosty relations, a media report said on Thursday.
“A third lunch meeting has been held between the ministers Jebran Bassil and Ali Hassan Khalil in the presence of General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim,” al-Joumhouria newspaper reported.
“The meeting was held in Ibrahim's office at the General Security headquarters and the conferees continued their discussions on the FPM-AMAL MoU,” the daily added, noting that the MoU will be signed “very soon.”
Parliament Speaker and AMAL leader Nabih Berri had openly opposed the election of FPM founder Michel Aoun as president but a rapprochement meeting between the two movements eventually led to the approval of long-stalled oil and gas exploration decrees.
If it materializes, the MoU will be the second such agreement that the FPM signs with an essential Shiite party after the famous 2006 MoU with Hizbullah.
Source: Naharnet
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