Aridi Says Aoun-Jumblat Meeting Doesn’t Mean Cabinet Will be Formed
Caretaker Minister Ghazi Aridi confirmed on Tuesday that the meeting between National Struggle Front leader Walid Jumblat and Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun was a continuation to previous talks held between the two parties.
Jumblat’s meeting with Aoun “doesn’t necessarily mean that the cabinet will be formed,” Aridi told Voice of Mada radio station.
In answering a question about Monday’s talks in Rabiyeh, Aridi denied media reports that Jumblat was a mediator between Aoun and Premier-designate Najib Miqati.
He called for “direct communication between all the parties, especially between Aoun and Miqati, to end the bickering” over the cabinet.
Concerning an invitation to the Progressive Socialist Party leader to visit Tehran, Aridi said: “Jumblat will visit Iran at the appropriate time.”
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