The Media Commission of the "Progressive Socialist Party" confirmed in a statement that "there is absolutely no truth to what was reported by the newspaper 'Al-Akhbar' in its issue published on Monday, September 11, 2023, and relayed by several media outlets regarding President Walid Jumblatt and party leader Taymour Jumblatt's refusal to meet French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian at the Pine Palace." "Al-Akhbar" had indicated that "former MP Walid Jumblatt informed the French that neither he nor his son Taymour would accept any invitation to meet Le Drian at the Pine Palace, suggesting that 'Le Drian can visit us at our homes after we previously visited him.'"