Jumblat says Bassil playing an 'important role'
Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat on Tuesday said that Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil is playing an “important role,” in reference to the FPM chief’s meetings with the country’s leaders.
Jumblatt said that he along with Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Hezbollah ally Speaker Nabih Berri, are in agreement that the war shouldn't further expand into the tiny Mediterranean country. Jumblatt said that he held calls with top Hezbollah security officials on the matter.
“The meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri was excellent, Mikati is carrying out a major role and Bassil is playing an important role,” Jumblat said from the headquarters of the Druze spiritual council.
“The ground attack on Gaza might have repercussions on Lebanon, that’s why I communicated with Hezbollah so that we don’t get dragged into the war, which is underway in the South, but we call for refraining from expanding its zone,” Jumblat added.
“But the matter does not only hinge on Hezbollah, seeing as we don’t know what Israel wants,” the ex-PSP chief warned. "Israel could have hostile intentions, we must expect the worst.”
Source: Naharnet
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