BEIRUT: Preparations for the proposed dialogue between Future Movement and Hezbollah are almost complete as representatives from the two sides are fine-tuning the agenda of the talks, which might kick off next week at Speaker Nabih Berri’s residence in Ain al-Tineh, daily As-Safir said Wednesday.
The paper quoted Hussein Khalil, the political adviser of Hezbollah’s chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, as saying that “preparatory meetings were almost completed, pending agreement on certain broad headlines and fixing the date of the first session.”
Khalil said he was closely coordinating the preparatory steps with Berri’s aide, Finance Minister Ali Hussein Khalil.
The later has been setting the ground for the dialogue on behalf of Hezbollah with Nader Hariri, the director of the office of Future chief Saad Hariri.
Commenting on the contents of the agenda, Khalil stressed that “Hezbollah supports an unconditional dialogue and is willing to discuss any matter that would reinforce the country’s political stability and security and reactivate its institutions.”
Khalil will be representing Hezbollah in the dialogue, which will be conducted in a first phase through advisers and senior aides. It is not known if Nader Hariri or a Future MP will represent the Sunni movement.
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri outlined the main points for the projected dialogue in a TV interview last week, including easing sectarian and political tensions and electing a president of the republic.
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