Syria has finally agreed to stretch out its hands and turn a page on the long-standing crisis with Druze leader Walid Jumblat after Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah played a key role in resolving the standoff.

"Sayyed Nasrallah was the key mediator in this issue as he helped resolve the obstacles on my way to Damascus," Jumblat said in remarks published Tuesday by the daily An-Nahar.

He reiterated that he will announce the date of his Damascus trip when he gets an official invitation.

A statement issued by Hizbullah late Monday said Nasrallah "has advised Jumblat that given recent developments, the Syrian authorities will forget the past and open a new page."

"President Assad will receive him in Damascus during a visit on a date to be announced in the coming days," said the statement.

The announcement came two days after Jumblat admitted he had used "improper words" against Assad "in a moment of anger and at a time of internal tensions and extreme division within Lebanon."

The Jumblat-Assad meeting will be an end of an era between the two neighboring Arab leaders that lasted more than five years -- from the extension of President Emile Lahoud's term to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri all the way to Jumblat's "inappropriate language" according to his own words.

In an interview with Al-Jazeer satellite channel on Saturday, Jumblat said his remarks against Assad were "unworthy and unusual, unsuited to the ethics of politics even during a squabble."