Jumblatt, Assad 'agree to support Hezbollah'

Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has emphasized on the necessity of backing Hezbollah resistance movement in his talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

After returning from a landmark visit to Damascus, Jumblatt said Lebanon's future ties with Syria begin with building confidence, Jumblatt told a press conference in Beirut on Thursday.

"We agreed on the importance of supporting the Hezbollah resistance," he added.

The Druze leader also thanked Lebanon's Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah for his mediation efforts to make Jumblatt's visit to Syria possible.

"We were able to overcome certain parts of the past and get straight to the subjects that will lead to the stability of Lebanon," Jumblatt said.

He had previously accused Syria of being involved in the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri in February 2005, and even called for the toppling of the Syrian government.

Jumblatt, who was on his first visit to Syria since Hariri's assassination, said his talks with President Assad would not be the last between the two sides.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=122202§ionid=351020203.