BEIRUT, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The ministerial committee assigned to draft the policy statement of the Lebanese cabinet agreed after two weeks and 13 intensive meetings to include a clause on the right of the "resistance" to liberate its land, local daily Star reported Saturday.

    The cabinet is to tackle the policy statement draft next week for ratification.

    Information Minister Tareq Mitri said the statement included "the right of Lebanon, its people, army and resistance to liberate or reclaim its land."

    Pro-government majority leaders have been refusing to mention the resistance because it would mean accepting Hezbollah's weapons as legal.

    Pro-government State Minister Nassib Lahoud expressed reservations over the clause related to the resistance on Friday.

    However, opposition cabinet minister Jubran Bassil said "a compromise satisfactory to us and to Premier Fouad Seniora has been reached."

    The issue of Hezbollah weapons is expected to be discussed during national dialogue sessions called by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, in the framework of a national defense strategy.