A meeting that was scheduled to be held between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri was postponed due to the sensitive political situation in Lebanon, Russian sources said.

The talks had been set for Thursday.

The Free Patriotic Movement is mulling to boycott cabinet sessions after the end of President Michel Suleiman's tenure to protest the political arch-foes' failure to elect a successor, media reports said on Thursday.

Sources close to the FPM told al-Akhbar newspaper that the “party is discussing the possibility of boycotting all government sessions after Suleiman's term ends to object the failure to carry out timely presidential polls.”

President Michel Suleiman has promised to follow up on the achievements that he has made during his tenure, including the implementation of the Baabda Declaration, hoping for similar moves by the country's new head of state.

In remarks to An Nahar daily published on Thursday, two days before a ceremony he will hold on the occasion of leaving office, Suleiman regretted that he might not hand over power to the person who will take office after him.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on the parliament on Wednesday to rise to the level of “up to the national juncture” through electing a new president, considering that closing the door of the presidential palace is a “shame.”

"I urge the parliament to rise to the level of the national juncture and preserve the dignity of Lebanon and its people through electing a new president,” al-Rahi stated in an interview on Future television.

Israeli soldiers on Wednesday pointed their weapons at a Lebanese Army post near the Fatima border gate as other troops opened fire towards a Lebanese citizen.

Twenty Israeli soldiers "loaded their individual weapons and pointed them towards an army post at the Fatima gate, hurling insults at its troops,” a Lebanese Army statement said.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun announced on Wednesday that he wants to be part of an "integrated triangle" along with Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal Movement.

"We want everyone to reach an understanding for Lebanon's sake and interest," Aoun said in an interview aired on al-Manar television on Wednesday evening.

Lebanese Forces leader and presidential candidate Samir Geagea hoped on Wednesday that Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Michel Aoun would attend Thursday's parliamentary session at the parliament to elect a new head of state.

"I wish Aoun would attend Thursday's session, and if he gains the majority of votes I will be the first to congratulate him,” Geagea said after meeting with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Bkirki.

The owners of old rent law buildings staged a sit-in on Wednesday in Beirut's Mathaf area in protest against President Michel Suleiman's appeal against the draft-law.

The owners slammed his action, comparing him to Pontius Pilate, the Roman judge who ordered the execution of Jesus Christ.

The General Security announced on Wednesday that Palestinians who have fled Syria to Lebanon should file their personal documents within a month.

It said that the papers should be filed at General Security stations starting Thursday.

The army announced on Wednesday that it arrested over the past three days a number of Syrians in the eastern Bekaa region of Arsal for illegally entering Lebanon.

It said that 18 Syrians were arrested at Arsal checkpoints for entering the country with fake Lebanese General Security documents.