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Walid Jumblatt (AFP/File/Joseph Eid)
"President Assad will receive him in Damascus during a visit on a date to be announced in the coming days," Hezbollah added.
The announcement came two days after the Druze leader admitted he had made "inappropriate and unreasonable remarks about President Assad at a time of internal tensions and extreme division within Lebanon."
On February 14, 2007, the second anniversary of the murder of Lebanon's premier Rafiq Hariri, Jumblatt had branded Assad "the dictator of Damascus... a savage... an Israeli product, a liar... and a criminal."
On Saturday, however, he said in an interview with Al-Jazeera television that his remarks were "unworthy and unusual, unsuited to the ethics of politics even during a quarrel."
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The announcement came two days after the Druze leader admitted he had made "inappropriate and unreasonable remarks about President Assad at a time of internal tensions and extreme division within Lebanon."
On February 14, 2007, the second anniversary of the murder of Lebanon's premier Rafiq Hariri, Jumblatt had branded Assad "the dictator of Damascus... a savage... an Israeli product, a liar... and a criminal."
On Saturday, however, he said in an interview with Al-Jazeera television that his remarks were "unworthy and unusual, unsuited to the ethics of politics even during a quarrel."
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