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07/08/2009 The leader of the Tawheed Party Wiam Wahhab conveyed to Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt a message of love and appreciation from Damascus. Following their meeting at later Clemenceau residence in Beirut on Thursday Wahhab told reporters: "Syria is his [Jumblatt's] family and home, what links the Druze sect with Damascus is far larger than all of us. I hope that everyone would come to understand this issue, as it is not directed against anyone. Moreover, Jumblatt is keen on the Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and on making his mission a success in quickly forming a national unity government."
He went on to add: "Everyone must come to understand our distinctiveness as Druze, and the distinct relationship we have with Damascus. What Walid Bayk did goes beyond the issue of government formation." Wahhab explained that the PSP leader's statements last Sunday concerning the March 14 forces is not linked to the formation of the next Lebanese government but to other "calculated issues."
He added that the Druze sect is keen on safeguarding the Muslim line. "But this is not directed against anyone." "As for Syria, she is keen on maintaining equal and good relations with all Lebanese, on the condition in having a united Lebanon that safeguards the resistance, security" and the Arab identity of the country. Wahhab described Jumblatt's relationship to Syria as an old association "that had its bad moments."
"However, such moments are now wiped out from Syria's book and Walid Bayk's book as well and the coming days would witness positive developments not just for the Druze but for Lebanon as well," Wahhab said.
For his part, Jumblatt said: "We Lebanese when we visit Damascus apply the Taef accord that determined the who is our friend and who is our enemy." He added that the Taef accord set distinct relations with Syria. "We also welcome the rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Syria," Jumblatt said.
He described the Taef accord in saying it called for holding distinct relations with Syria, and armistice with Israel. "Which means, no peace, no settlement, no reconciliation and no relations with Israel," the progressive socialist leader said. "We shall study every incident in the right time for the benefit of both the Lebanese and Syrian states as well as for the special relationship among the Muslims. This talk is not directed against the Christians, rather to remove all of the residues of the events of May 7 2008 and to further establish the relationship our people in the mountains with those at Jabal al-Arab," he said.
07/08/2009 The leader of the Tawheed Party Wiam Wahhab conveyed to Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt a message of love and appreciation from Damascus. Following their meeting at later Clemenceau residence in Beirut on Thursday Wahhab told reporters: "Syria is his [Jumblatt's] family and home, what links the Druze sect with Damascus is far larger than all of us. I hope that everyone would come to understand this issue, as it is not directed against anyone. Moreover, Jumblatt is keen on the Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and on making his mission a success in quickly forming a national unity government."
He went on to add: "Everyone must come to understand our distinctiveness as Druze, and the distinct relationship we have with Damascus. What Walid Bayk did goes beyond the issue of government formation." Wahhab explained that the PSP leader's statements last Sunday concerning the March 14 forces is not linked to the formation of the next Lebanese government but to other "calculated issues."
He added that the Druze sect is keen on safeguarding the Muslim line. "But this is not directed against anyone." "As for Syria, she is keen on maintaining equal and good relations with all Lebanese, on the condition in having a united Lebanon that safeguards the resistance, security" and the Arab identity of the country. Wahhab described Jumblatt's relationship to Syria as an old association "that had its bad moments."
"However, such moments are now wiped out from Syria's book and Walid Bayk's book as well and the coming days would witness positive developments not just for the Druze but for Lebanon as well," Wahhab said.
For his part, Jumblatt said: "We Lebanese when we visit Damascus apply the Taef accord that determined the who is our friend and who is our enemy." He added that the Taef accord set distinct relations with Syria. "We also welcome the rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Syria," Jumblatt said.
He described the Taef accord in saying it called for holding distinct relations with Syria, and armistice with Israel. "Which means, no peace, no settlement, no reconciliation and no relations with Israel," the progressive socialist leader said. "We shall study every incident in the right time for the benefit of both the Lebanese and Syrian states as well as for the special relationship among the Muslims. This talk is not directed against the Christians, rather to remove all of the residues of the events of May 7 2008 and to further establish the relationship our people in the mountains with those at Jabal al-Arab," he said.
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