Hariri”s Visit to Damascus Helps in Surpassing Previous “Black Phase”
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed that the visit of PM Saad Hariri to Syria was very important in the course of restoring Lebanese-Syrian relations back to what the Taef Accord stated — "which was a product of Syrian-Saudi agreement."
"With the breakthrough in Arab-Arab relations, especially in Syrian-Saudi relations after Kuwait”s summit, Lebanon has to benefit till the maximum from the atmospheres of Arab understanding and rapprochement," added Jumblat in his Al Anbaa weekly article to be published Tuesday.
Jumblat stressed that Lebanon and Syria had given an example on the means of facing Israeli occupation through their common sacrifices "written in martyrs” blood."
"Surpassing the traces of the black period in relations between the two countries — which went beyond all limits due to the high tension that marked it — is the responsibility of the Lebanese and Syrian leaders equally, and PM Saad Hariri”s visit to Damascus is in this direction and helps a lot in fulfilling this goal," added Jumblat.
"The issue of assassinations is in international tribunal”s charge and should not be a reason to disrupt Lebanese-Syrian relations," concluded the Druze leader.