Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has reassured his ally Speaker Nabih Berri that the March 8 camp does not consider itself to be part of the alleged agreements that were reached by Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil and ex-PM Saad Hariri's adviser Nader Hariri during their latest meetings, a media report said on Tuesday.
“The political aides of Berri and Nasrallah – Minister Ali Hassan Khalil and Hussein al-Khalil – met overnight and discussed the latest developments regarding the presidential file,” al-Liwaa newspaper reported.
“They also discussed the calculations of each of Hizbullah and the AMAL Movement regarding the nomination of (FPM founder MP Michel) Aoun and what needs to be done after the head of al-Mustaqbal Movement officially declares” his endorsement of Aoun, the daily added.
Hizbullah's envoy reassured the finance minister that “his allies in the March 8 camp are not concerned with the guarantees and agreements that were reached or signed between Bassil and Nader Hariri, not to mention that Hizbullah itself considers itself not concerned with these agreements,” al-Liwaa said.
Berri is strongly opposed to Aoun's nomination and is one of the main backers of the nomination of Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh.