Aridi: no contacts between Jumblat and Syria

Lebanese Minister of Transportation and Public Works, Ghazi Aridi confirmed on Sunday that relations between the head of Progressive Socialist Party Walid Jumblat and Assad regime have reached a low point over the situation in Syria. He said in an interview with a Lebanese online newspaper “Contacts between Walid Jumblat and the Syrian regime have been cut over the differences on the situation in Syria” He added “a military and security solution in Syria would only lead to more complication,” stressing that “Syrian crisis would not end unless the government adopts a political situation, and the more this solution comes late, the higher the price will be.” Aridi wondered why Jumblat would be criticized for preaching a political solution while Russia, which is Damascus’ top ally, is also advising it to give up the violence On his response of the reporter’s question, if he had tried to contact the Syrian authorities lately, Aridi said “I haven’t tried to contact them and haven’t asked for a meeting and in their turn they haven’t contacted us.”