"Hezbollah has decided to persuade Arslan"

A ministerial source who closely followed the political contacts behind the expedited convening of the reconciliation and franchise meeting in Baabda told the newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat through the intermediary of the writer Mohammed Choucair that the meeting , sponsored by President Michel Aoun, was characterized by unprecedented harmony between the two parties. Berri and the government Saad Hariri.

He added that their understanding was a political and security safety net that encouraged reconciliation between the leaders of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt and the Lebanese MP Talal Arslan, but from the point of political difference that separated them.

The source pointed out that "the hesitation, immediately after the reconciliation meeting, that the statement of the US Embbady in Beirut on the Qabrishmon incident had pushed to overturn political and security pretexts preventing his contract , did not reflect the underlying reasons that had accelerated the convening of the first economic crisis With the continuing disruption of Cabinet meetings.

He stressed that "it had been decided to reconsider President Berri's proposal to give priority to political reconciliation because otherwise the government would inevitably face an explosion of the interior." the President of the Republic reacted favorably to this proposal, supported unreservedly by Hariri and a virgin Hezbollah ". Jumblatt and Lebanese Forces.

The ministerial source added that the launch of Berri's proposal began with a call from the President of the Republic, Hariri, informing him that he was not in a position to convene the Council of Ministers to meet in the light of the escalation of "war" positions and the high level of tension, which would lead to an explosion of the political situation and a possible loss of control.

The source confirmed that Berri, who remained in contact with Hariri, conducted marathon negotiations with Jumblatt and concluded his agreement to go to Baabda to attend the reconciliation and franchise meeting. He said that the chairman of the council had been in contact with Hezbollah leadership, which praised Aoun's response and persuaded Arslan to join him.