Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat on Monday lauded Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's call for the withdrawal of all foreign fighters from Syria, urging Lebanese leaders to rise above petty details and form an all-embracing cabinet.

Following a 2-hour meeting at the Iranian embassy in Beirut with Ambassador Ghazanfar Roknabadi, which was followed by a dinner banquet, Jumblat welcomed “the breakthrough that happened after the major framework agreement between the Islamic republic and and Western powers.”

Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat hailed on Monday former Prime Minister Saad Hariri's recent stands on local and regional developments.

He lauded to the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa website the former premier's “refusal to drag the Sunni sect towards the conflict between Hizbullah and al-Qaida.”

Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat vowed on Thursday to close al-Naameh landfill, urging protesters in the coastal Shouf city to reopen the roads in the area.

"We pledge to close the Naameh landfill for good the moment the extended contract ends on January 17, 2015 and we vow that we will not allow any new extension of ownership of the plummet to take place,” Jumblat said in a releases statement, pointing out to the “unprecedented dangerous environmental situation in the surroundings of the landfill that was caused by the continuous extension of the contract.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed on Wednesday that there is consensus between all parties on adopting the rotation in ministerial portfolios, persuading the Free Patriotic Movement to agree on the matter.

“We cannot reject the rotation of portfolios, which was agreed on by President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam,” Jumblat informed FPM caretaker Energy Minister Jebran Bassil.

Lebanese officials denounced on Tuesday a suicide attack that targeted Haret Hreik district, a Hizbullah stronghold, which was rocked by a similar blast in early January.

Officials called on the Lebanese to united, considering that the attack targets Lebanon as a nation and not only Dahiyeh.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat on Monday lauded the stances of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri over the cabinet formation process, describing him as a “statesman” who has put “the higher national interest” above all else.

“One must praise ex-PM Saad Hariri's stance, which came at a critical moment that Lebanon and the Arab region are going through, amid rapid changes and major transformations that are being accompanied by rivers of blood and incessant bleeding against the backdrop of unprecedented sectarian and religious divisions,” said Jumblat in his weekly op-ed in al-Anbaa.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat hailed former Prime Minister Saad Hariri's recent position in which he said that he would not be opposed to taking part in a cabinet that includes Hizbullah as a political party, reported As Safir newspaper on Saturday.

He told the daily: “We hope all sides would cooperate with Hariri's initiative in order to form an all-embracing government.”

Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour said on Friday that the cabinet formation awaits a political decision by the March 14 and 8 alliances after the theoretical discussions ended.

The Progressive Socialist Party's minister said urged the rival parties in comments published in As Safir newspaper to swiftly agree on the new cabinet's lineup and overcome the remaining obstacles.

Lebanese politicians denounced on Monday the terrorist suicide bombing that targeted the Bekaa town of Hermel, a stronghold of Hizbullah, considering it a further attempt to “ignite the situation in the country.”

President Michel Suleiman called for solidarity among politicians and the Lebanese people to “fortify the country.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat expressed fear on Thursday that the ongoing developments in the region would have negative repercussion on Lebanon, saying that Saudi Arabia voiced consensus over formation of a new cabinet.

“The formation of a new cabinet will persuade lawmakers to attend parliament session, which would facilitate the presidential elections,” Jumblat said in comments published in al-Akhbar newspaper.