Hariri Visits Jumblat after Missing Baabda”s Presidential Dinner
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri visited Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat in Clemenceau on Thursday”s evening to discuss the latest developments regarding the ongoing contacts about forming the anticipated government.
The PM-designate was accompanied by his top aide Nadir Hariri while Taymour Jumblat in addition to the Democratic Gathering MPs attended the meeting.
After the talks, the PSP leader hosted the PM-designate and his aide for dinner.
On Wednesday, a meeting between President Michel Suleiman and Speaker Nabih Berri was held in Baabda in parallel with the dinner held in honor of Matthew Festing, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
Hariri had apologized for not attending the presidential dinner falsing previous media reports about the possibility of a tripartite Suleiman-Berri-Hariri in Baabda.