BEIRUT: Saudi Arabia is looking forward to a constructive and positive dialogue between Future Movement and Hezbollah and hopes the talks would eventually include all other Lebanese factions, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Awad Asiri said in comments published Thursday.
“National coexistence is in itself a provision for dialogue among Lebanese, a constructive one with concrete results that would suit Lebanon and the Lebanese,” Asiri said in an interview with Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa.
Acknowledging the existence of deep divisions on multiple issues opposing Hezbollah and Future, Asiri stressed that the prior objective of dialogue is to agree on safeguarding Lebanon’s stability and security in addition to resolving the stalled presidential election.
“Many fellow ambassadors were not able to present their credentials because there is no president in Lebanon, a matter that is totally unbecoming for the country,” Asiri said.
The Saudi envoy said his government supports an all-embracing national dialogue, including inter-Christian talks, to complement inter-Muslim dialogue between Hezbollah and Future.
“Inter-Christian divisions do not serve Lebanon nor Christians... What is needed is to intensify and expand dialogue to include all the Lebanese,” Asiri added.
The long-aspired Hezbollah-Future dialogue is expected to kick off later this month at the level of senior advisers in a first phase. Hussein Khalil, political adviser of Hezbollah’s secretary general Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, and Nader Hariri, the head of Future Movement chief Saad Hariri’s office, will be representing their parties, respectively.
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