Shi’ite militia Hezbollah yesterday said it will join talks on a national unity government proposed by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, adding that it hoped the initiative would break the impasse in Lebanon. “Hezbollah welcomes the initiative launched by speaker Berri and announces its intention to take part in the envisaged meeting,” the movement said in a statement. Berri called on Wednesday for fresh talks across Lebanon’s sectarian divide to form a national unity government and drag the country out of a crippling political stalemate. He suggested that the talks, which would resume roundtable discussions held earlier this year, begin on Monday and last for a maximum of 15 days, in the hope of agreeing a new government and reforming the country’s electoral law. Those two issues are key demands of Hezbollah, which fought a summer war with Israel, and its Christian and pro-Syrian allies.