JUMBLATT AFTER HIS MEETING WITH BERRI: NO MATTER HOW DARK THE CLOUDS, WE WILL NOT LOSE HOPE

Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri, received this evening at Ain al-Tineh Palace former MP Walid Jumblatt, with talks touching on the general situation, political developments related to the presidential dossier and Israel's continued aggression against south Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Following the meeting, Jumblatt said: 'No matter how huge the problems and no matter how dark the clouds are sometimes, we will not lose hope in continuing with any endeavor or effort to stop the war in the south and achieve the presidential entitlement.' He added: "These are the endeavors that Speaker Berri is undertaking, and for my part and in my own way I am doing some of them...This is the direction and there is nothing else at the moment." Source: National News Agency - Lebanon