Jumblat: We must sit with Nasrallah for Lebanon's future

Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has lamented that “no one today wants a settlement” in the country.

“But it is the thing we need the most. A settlement for the sake of the country and not for the sake of any party in this or that camp,” Jumblat added, in an interview with al-Akhbar newspaper published Friday.

“I don’t understand the justifications of some Christian parties who are rejecting dialogue. There is no alternative to sitting around a dialogue table. We sit and talk and see what happens afterwards,” Jumblat added.

“It is true that Hezbollah has nominated Suleiman Franjieh and is clinging to him, but it is possible to reach a middle-ground solution with it if we sit and talk, instead of prior rejection which amplifies the crisis instead of resolving it,” the Druze leader went on to say.

He added that it is possible to negotiate with Hezbollah over “another candidate.”

“We must sit with (Hezbollah chief) Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, not only for electing a president but also for the sake of Lebanon’s future,” Jumblat urged.