Speaker Nabih Berri received in Ain el-Tineh on Wednesday the General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim and talks focused on the security and political situation in Lebanon, media reports said.

President Michel Aoun on Wednesday met at Baabda Presidential Palace caretaker Minister of Justice, Marie-Claude Najm, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

The judicial investigator, Judge Tarek al-Bitar, will complete the interrogation of the detainees in the Beirut Port bombing case tomorrow, LBCI television station reported on Wednesday.

Speaker Nabih Berri has reportedly dispatched a delegate to the Center House in the evening on Tuesday, to explain his initiative to PM-designate Saad Hariri in a bid to ease the government formation deadlock, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker urged Lebanese leaders to form a government, noting that France has only waived sanctions to pressure Lebanese officials into forming a cabinet but without imposing any.

Lead investigative judge into the Beirut port blast, Judge Tarek al-Bitar, on Tuesday issued a new judicial writ to the Special Investigation Commission of Lebanon’s central bank.

The writ asks the central bank to identify the source of a transfer by British firm Savaro to its legal representative in Lebanon Joseph al-Qareh, the National News Agency said.

The Free Patriotic Movement-led Strong Lebanon bloc on Tuesday called on Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to “present a government line-up that meets the stipulations of the National Pact, the Constitution and specialty.”

In a statement issued after its weekly meeting, the bloc also asked Hariri to “put an end to procrastination and to the fabricated 18-seat obstacle.”

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday met in Ain el-Tineh with the head of Hizbullah’s Loyalty to Resistance bloc MP Mohammed Raad.

“Raad briefed the parliament speaker on the atmosphere and outcome of his visit to Moscow,” the National News Agency said.

A Lebanese Forces delegation on Tuesday visited the Higher Islamic Shiite Council and met with its deputy head Sheikh Ali al-Khatib.

LibanPost has announced that, starting April 1, it will begin providing the Tripoli Bar Association services listed in the memorandums of understanding that have been signed between LibanPost and the Association.

The new services will allow members-lawyers to pay their annual fee, and the retirees, or their representatives, to receive their quarterly allowances.