Now Lebanon - As-Safir: Jumblatt upbeat about Nasrallah-Hariri meeting - September 21, 2010

As-Safir newspaper quoted on Tuesday Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt as saying that his attempts to bring Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Premier Saad Hariri together were fruitful.

Jumblatt said the he sent Public Works and Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi to meet with the Hezbollah chief, after which Nasrallah sent a positive message to Hariri.

However, Jumblatt did not reveal the content of the message, the daily added.

Tensions between the Future Movement and Hezbollah ran high after armed Hezbollah bodyguards received former General Security chief Jamil as-Sayyed at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport without the needed permission from any of the relevant bodies.

Sayyed, who had just returned from France, was summoned by Attorney General Judge Said Mirza for questioning following the former’s September 12 statement, in which he attacked Hariri. Hezbollah on Friday called for the judiciary to revoke the summons.

Jumblatt also told the daily that Hariri’s September 6 interview with As-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper—in which the PM said some people misled the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and ruined Lebanese-Syrian relations—was a huge step toward safekeeping peace.

“However, [Sayyed’s] attacks are unjustified,” the PSP leader added.

-NOW Lebanon