Wahhab from Syria: Damascus Road Open for Jumblatt

Source: almanar.com.lb, 6-8-2009

During a rare press conference following a three-hour meeting with Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa in Damascus on Wednesday, Former Minister Wiam Wahhab said that Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt does not need mediation to visit Syria, adding that the "road is open."

Wahhab told reporters that Jumblatt's bleak history with Damascus has been forgotten and "torn out of Syrian records," saying that there is no scheduled date for a visit, "not until the time is right." Wahhab also said that Syrian officials "appreciate" the PSP leader's new stance. "But I felt a certain appreciation of Jubmlatt's position by the Syrian officials. "This means the matter does not need mediation, but timing. And when the date has been determined you will see Jumblatt in Syria," Wahhab added.