Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea announced Friday that the ties between LF and al-Mustaqbal Movement “have returned to how they were before,” vowing that the two parties will keep exerting efforts to “achieve March 14's project.”

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag visited Friday the Roumieh Prison, her press office said.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed caution on Friday regarding the possibility of electing a new president in Lebanon in the near future, a day after ex-PM Saad Hariri formally endorsed Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun for the presidency.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq warned Friday that ex-PM Saad Hariri's endorsement of Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun for the presidency could be “the last settlement” that al-Mustaqbal Movement would strike with the other parties in the country.

The commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major General Michael Beary, praised Friday the work done by the U.N. mission’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) in effectively assisting the Lebanese authorities under the mandate of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea stated on Friday that Lebanon is in front of a chance to have a president chosen by the Lebanese themselves putting the Taef Accord on the track of implementation, as he voiced hopes that all parliamentary blocs elect MP Michel Aoun during the next presidential election session.

“We will have a president chosen by the Lebanese. We have a real entity now. The presidential path is going the right way and I am optimistic,” said Geagea after a meeting he held with Change and Reform bloc head and presidential hopeful MP Michel Aoun at Rabieh.

The Lebanese Army staged wide security operations in the Bekaa city of Hermel and was able to arrest a fugitive wanted on several arrest warrants, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MP Mohammed Qabbani said in a statement issued Friday morning that he would not vote for presidential candidate, Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun, the National News Agency reported.

The Kataeb party warned of a “vertical split” and a “one-party” ruling in the country following the endorsement of MP Michel Aoun for the presidency by head of al-Mustaqbal Movement, and stressed that the majority do not support the MP for the top state post, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement chief ex-PM Saad Hariri is reassured about the outcome of his initiative as for nominating MP Michel Aoun for the post of president, and said its unlikely for the election session scheduled at the end of October to be postponed, An Nahar daily reported on Friday.

In side talks with the daily, Hariri said “I am reassured,” about the results of the initiative, and that he does not expect the election session on 31 of October to be postponed “unless they wanted to,” he said. He was referring to reports circulating that the session might be delayed until the tense relations between Speaker Nabih Berri and Aoun are settled, according to the daily.