Sleimane’s attendance at Doha meeting “courageous decision”
Democratic Gathering bloc leader MP Walid Jumblatt told Al-Mustaqbal newspaper on Saturday that he supported President Michel Sleimane’s “courageous decision” to participate in Friday’s consultative Doha meeting on Gaza in order to stress solidarity and Arab Initiative.
Jumblatt said that this initiative was based on the legitimate international resolutions and the meeting did not present any alternative.
He said the participants in Doha meeting were aiming at initiating dialogue with the new US administration at the expense of the blood of the Palestinian people. Jumblatt added that the participants in the meeting, except Sleimane, were trying to negatively affect the Egyptian security and divide the Palestinian cause “whether intentionally or not” by calling for suspending the Arab Peace Initiative. He criticized the participants for only demanding the suspension of relations with Israel, instead of demanding the ending of diplomatic ties.