Jumblatt heads to Saudi arabia to mend fences

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Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt left for Saudi Arabia on Friday aboard a private jet, accompanied by MP Nehme Tohme National News Agency reported.

The Druze leader is scheduled to meet with several high-ranking officials, including the Saudi FM , Bandar bin Sultan , Director General of the Saudi Intelligence Agency and possibly King Abduallah , revealed al-Joumhouria newspaper on Friday.

Sources monitoring the situation told the daily that the trip “would not have been possible had a breakthrough not been expected to be achieved during the visit.”

They did not elaborate on the nature of the breakthrough, but it appears that the trip was arranged after Jumblatt visited former Premier Saad Hariri at his home in Paris, France.

Ties between Jumblatt and Saudi Arabia deteriorated after Hariri’s government was toppled by Hezbollah and its allies in January 2011.

Last April Jumblatt and Tohme went to Saudi Arabia to try and mend fences , but returned without seeing Hariri or king Abdullah

Jumblatt’s PSP party left the March 14 alliance in August 2009, but remained in former PM Saad Hariri’s cabinet until it collapsed in January 2011 .

The PSP then switched its support to Najib Mikati’s March 8-backed candidacy , causing a rift between Jumblatt and the Future Movement.

Jumblat, who is now a centrist, played a key role in deciding the fate of the majority alliance that makes up the current Hezbollah-led cabinet.

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7 responses to “Jumblatt heads to Saudi arabia to mend fences”

  1. Time for some Ball licking….

  2. Time for some Ball licking….

    1. Guss Gibs Avatar

      hes’ well known to lick a s s e s for money, after the visit will hear a speech against Hizbollah, I mean let ;s face it ,since 2005 Joumblatt should be awarded the Guiness book record of the most Mzabzab politician in Lebanon or maybe in the world. All the hard scotch that he drank in his life is not helping him to see clear.As Kamal al Salibi once said , with the entrance of the family of Jan Boulad ( their origin is Kurd , where brought to Lebanon by Fakhredine ) the destiny of Lebanon changed, I believe this famil is synonym of the face of Janus ( 2 faces ) and number 2 is the symbol of playing on 2 strings and 2 is symbol of evil , considering his father that was major cause of the Lebanese war , manipulated Ararfat to defeat the maronites , Joumblatt aim by the end is the Christians him and his father want one achievement in their life and that to see a Lebanon without Christians!!!

  3. nagy_michael2 Avatar
    nagy_michael2

    Jojo running of money aey..

  4. nagy_michael2 Avatar
    nagy_michael2

    Jojo running of money aey..

  5. 5thDrawer Avatar

    Took nails … but forgot the hammer …. 😉

  6. 5thDrawer Avatar

    Took nails … but forgot the hammer …. 😉

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