Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said the Issue of Hizbullah weapons should be tackled through national dialogue "to safeguard Lebanon and the Lebanese state against Zionist aggressions."

Jumblat made the remark to reporters after talks with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

He expressed hope that President Michel Suleiman would invite us to the national Dialogue Conference to "discuss issues, in an atmosphere of calm, taking into consideration wounds" that had been sustained by all factions.

The general atmosphere is tense "but tension can only be defused by dialogue," Jumblat said.

"We should be a united rank in confronting Israeli aggressions … let us rise above wounds," Jumblat stressed.

Jumblat recalled that Iraqis "under the auspices of Shiite Authority Ayatullah Ali Sistany and Premier Nouri Maliki extorted huge efforts to confront fragmentation schemes and support the state."