The source said that there was a huge effort spared in this context, stressing that all parties were betting on another Lebanese internal effort to reach solution.
According to As-Safir, the same figure expected that Saudi Prince Abdel Aziz bin Abdullah would soon pay a visit to Damascus to continue consultations and lay down the details of the settlement.
The daily also quoted an Arab diplomatic source as saying that the United States is insistent on using all cards available to it to pressure Syria and Iran, including employing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which is why they have decided to escalate their rhetoric. This means that the fate of the Saudi-Syrian effort, no matter how much progress it achieves, remains in the hands of Saudi Arabia's ability to sell it to the US, it explained.
Meanwhile, the head of the Democratic Gathering MP Walid Jumblatt visited Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the Center House. Jumblatt was accompanied by Transport and Public Works Minister Ghazi Aridi, Displaced People Minister Akram Shehayeb and State Minister Wael Abu Faour. The premier's advisor Nader Hariri was also present at the meeting. Talks tackled the current political developments.
One day earlier, Jumblatt has visited Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and said the indictment is politicized and could leave Lebanon at high risk. "Lebanese have the right to ask many questions about the indictment which, day after day, has proved to be a politically motivated decision somewhere, and leaves Lebanon at high risks," Jumblatt was quoted by As-Safir as saying. "We are working to ward off the repercussions of the indictment," Jumblatt told reporters following the meeting with Berri in Ain el-Tineh.
Progressive Socialist Party media official Rami Rayyes stated in turn that the Saudi-Syrian initiative stands as an Arab and international umbrella for Lebanon, adding that an obstruction of the efforts will negatively affect Lebanon. He emphasized that it is difficult to predict what the initiative has in store for Lebanon, warning that the situation in Lebanon and the Arab world cannot sustain internal instability.
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