BEIRUT: Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt criticized the “declamatory” remarks by Hezbollah’s chief Hasan Nasrallahagainst Saudi Arabia and reiterated his support for the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen.
“The declamatory tone of Sayyed Nasrallah is not beneficial,” Jumblatt said in comments published by Al-Mustaqbal newspaper Sunday. “We should rather return to calm and to the GCC initiative that King Salman bin Abdulaziz is insisting on as a political solution framework in Yemen.
The PSP leader said both Iran and Hezbollah were shocked by the Saudi decision to launch the military campaign against the Houthis, which explained the reaction against it.
“What’s with Nasrallah?” Jumblatt wondered, highlighting the possible negative consequences of Nasrallah’s speech.
“Where does Sayyed Nasrallah wish to take Lebanon and the Lebanese through his tense speeches against Saudi Arabia?” Jumblatt asked. “Has he taken into consideration the consequences of his words for the lives of around 500,000 [Lebanese] in Saudi Arabia?”