I Alone Am “Entitled” to Set a Date for Syria Visit
MP Walid Jumblat reiterated that he was the only person "entitled" to set the date for his visit to Damascus, according to comments published Monday in al-Anbaa newspaper.
"I am the only one entitled to set the date, nature, circumstances and timing of my visit to Damascus. I will also study – at a later time – the possibility of visiting any other capital," Jumblat said in his weekly interview with the daily.
He said pending issues between Lebanon and Syria "can be resolved between the two states according to protocol."
On another note, he stressed the need to "intensify all chances and capacities possible to form the government."
"At the same time there is a need to press ranks closely together in the face of any new Israeli assaults and for the state and resistance to be prepared for any new development in this domain," he added.
Jumblat said that the "principle of national partnership alone eliminates the political barricades."
"All sides participated in the election of President Michel Suleiman on the basis of consensus," Jumblat said.
Suleiman is "capable of acting as a guarantor of all the resolutions considering that he is aware of all the concerns," the Druze leader added.
Jumblat then announced that his Progressive Socialist Party "will not enter into rivalries with any political side and will focus on its internal political and organizational workshop."