Report: Hariri Would Personally Join Dialogue if Nasrallah Does

Al-Mustaqbal Movement chief ex-PM Saad Hariri refused to participate personally in the national dialogue sessions with Hizbullah, and assured that he would change his mind if Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah engaged personally in the dialogue as well, al-Akhbar daily reported on Monday.

“Speaker Nabih Berri has suggested that Hariri raises the representation levels of the Mustaqbal bloc at the dialogue table by attending the sessions in person,” reported the daily.

To that Hariri asked whether Nasrallah would do the same, he said: “Will Sayyed Nasrallah take part in the session? If he attends the meetings, then I will do too. However, if the level of (Hizbullah) representation is kept the same then head of the Mustaqbal bloc Fouad Saniora will represent us.”

For his part, Berri told An-Nahar daily that the dialogue will prolong, he said: “They (Mustaqbal and Hizbullah) must know that we are in front of one of the last important and sensitive opportunities at this stage.”

He pinpointed that no one (in reference to the two parties) is able to record a progress in any of the pending files if it did not pass through the interlocutors.

The dialogue sessions are held under Berri’s sponsorship in Ain el-Tineh.

Berri had received Hariri Sunday evening in Ain el-Tineh where discussions touched on the latest developments in Lebanon and the region, in addition to the three-day dialogue sessions that are set to kick of Tuesday.