AMERICAN LEBANESE COORDINATION COUNCIL

“I have no problem with Aoun. He is welcome. I’m waiting for him (to come) anytime he wants,” Jumblat told reporters after talks with Prime Minister Fouad Saniora at the Serail late Sunday.

Jumblat said the meeting has been delayed for the second time by Aoun.

“I have no idea why. Ask his (Aoun) allies,” Jumblat said.

Also Sunday evening former President Amin Gemayel discussed with Saniora the presidential election.

Over the weekend, Gemayel held talks with Hizbullah MP Hassan Fadlallah at his Sin al-Fil residence as part of efforts aimed at finding ways to “settle the ongoing political crisis.”

Resigned Hizbullah Energy and Water Minister Mohammed Fneish on Sunday reiterated the group’s demand for a compromise president, on condition he “supports” the resistance.

“The right president will bring together the disputed factions and will unite the country … and would not get rid of the resistance,” Fneish said.

The daily An Nahar on Monday quoted a senior Hizbullah official as saying the party supports “any presidential candidate unanimously agreed upon by the Christians.”