Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed Monday that it is “unavoidable” to reconcile between the Baabda Declaration and the right to resist Israel in the ministerial policy statement, urging an end to futile debates in this regard.

“Lebanon does not need more hot and cold wars and it is unavoidable to reconcile between the various proposals over the Baabda Declaration – which, to remind, was endorsed unanimously – and Lebanon's right to protect its border and resist any possible Israeli aggression,” Jumblat said in his weekly editorial in al-Anbaa online newspaper.

Health Minister Wael Abou Faour expressed pessimism on Monday over reaching consensus among the rival parties on the cabinet's policy statement, in particular regarding the army-people-resistance equation and the ongoing war in Syria.

“All sides should offer compromises in order to reach common grounds,” Abou Faour said in an interview with An Nahar newspaper.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stated on Wednesday that he supports electing a “consensual” president, remarking also that there is a great possibility to reach “an acceptable ministerial policy statement formula.”

"We can reach an agreement on an unacceptable formula to mention the resistance in the ministerial policy statement as Arabic is a rich language and allows for this,” Jumblat said in an interview with Future TV.

The head of the Lebanese Democratic Party, MP Talal Arslan, was urged to boost security measures after security agencies obtained information that he might be the target of an assassination bid.

According to al-Akhbar newspaper published on Wednesday, Arslan was advised to take extra precautions and increase his security measures.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stated on Monday that Lebanon must once again adhere to the policy of disassociation from regional conflicts, most notably the one in Syria.

He added however that Lebanon must not adopt a neutral position from regional crises “as that would eliminate all of the accomplishments and major sacrifices against western agendas.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has launched an initiative to help the rival parties overcome their differences on the new cabinet's policy statement, As Safir daily reported on Tuesday.

Jumblat, who is a centrist, is planning to advise both the March 8 and March 14 alliances to avoid wordings that include the “defense strategy,” the “people-army-resistance” formula or the “Baabda Declaration,” the newspaper said.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat hailed on Monday the formation of a new government, noting that the arduous negotiations resulted in the formation of an all-embracing cabinet that he had called for since the beginning of Tammam Salam's appointment as premier-designate.

He said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa website: “We hope the government will help organize political disputes by taking them off the streets and to the cabinet table.”

A new agreement has reportedly been reached over the naming of a potential interior minister in a new government after the March 8 camp's rejection of former Internal Security Forces chief Ashraf Rifi, said al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat led efforts late on Friday night to reach an agreement over naming Mustaqbal MP Nouhad al-Mashnouq instead of Rifi.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat praised on Thursday the “extraordinary procedures” that led to the discovery of terrorist networks that were planning to carry out attacks in Lebanon.

He said in a statement: “The procedures demonstrate once more that there can be no substitute to the state and its security agencies that are operating under difficult and complicated circumstances.”

Despite the political deadlock in Lebanon, officials including Speaker Nabih Berri and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat are gearing up to head to foreign countries.

Jumblat had pointed out in comments published in al-Joumhouria newspaper on Wednesday that he has been “reincarnated before his death... and I will be in China currently until a breakthrough is achieved.”