Nasrallah, Hariri Stress on Dialogue During Overnight Meeting
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and al-Mustaqbal movement leader Saad Hariri agreed on the need for dialogue and discussed prospects of the next cabinet during a Thursday night meeting.
A statement issued by Hariri”s office on Friday said both leaders discussed the situation in Lebanon in the aftermath of the parliamentary elections and measures taken to form a new cabinet.
The statement added that the two sides agreed during the four-hour meeting to continue with dialogue and cooperation and lauded the calm atmosphere.
The statement did not say where the meeting took place. Nasrallah has been in hiding, likely in his south Beirut stronghold, since the 2006 Israel-Hizbullah war because of Hizbullah fears of assassination by Israeli agents.
Hizbullah secretary general”s political assistant Hajj Hussein Khalil, Mustafa Nasser and Nader Hariri attended the talks.
Last Thursday, a meeting was held between Nasrallah and Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat for the first time in more than three years.