Two of Lebanon's top politicians, Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat and Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea, traveled on Saturday for high-level talks abroad.

Jumblat and his son Taymour traveled to Paris while Geagea headed to Saudi Arabia for talks with top Saudi officials.

Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat and his son Taymour are expected to meet with French President Francois Hollande next week, pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported on Friday.

The newspaper said that the meeting is set to take place at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday afternoon.

Defense Minister Samir Moqbel is expected to launch consultations after the Eid al-Fitr holidays on the post of the army chief of staff which will be left vacant next month, As Safir daily reported on Friday.

The newspaper said that Moqbel, who is also the deputy prime minister, will inquire several officials, mainly Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat on what steps to take to fill the post which will be left vacant after the retirement of Maj. Gen. Walid Salman on August 7.

Lebanese politicians had on Wednesday mixed reactions to a historic accord struck a day earlier by Iran, the United States, and five other world powers to check Tehran's nuclear efforts short of building a bomb.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun said the deal could have a positive impact on Lebanon's presidential elections. But stressed that granting Christians their rights cannot be influenced by any change in the world.

Several parties have launched initiatives to resolve the dispute among cabinet members over the government's decision-making mechanism, sources said.

Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat, a centrist, has tasked Health Minister Wael Abou Faour to hold talks with Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Hizbullah officials.

Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat held talks Wednesday afternoon with Prime Minister Tammam Salam, stressing that “there is no justification for impeding cabinet sessions.”

“PM Tammam Salam has been running the country in a very wise and delicate manner in the past 16 months, and today the junctures are bigger and more dangerous,” said Jumblat after meeting the premier at the Grand Serail.

Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat has said that his only concern was to keep the government functioning to take important decisions and avoid paralysis.

“My main concern is for the cabinet to continue its work to take the necessary decisions and open an extraordinary session for the parliament,” said Jumblat.

Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat was optimistic on Wednesday, saying the cabinet was on the right track to resume its activities.

“The paralysis of the cabinet is a crime amid the presidential vacuum,” Jumblat told local newspapers.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat held talks Wednesday in Amman with Jordanian King Abdullah II, amid rising fears in Lebanon and the region for Syria's Druze community.

The monarch met the Druze leader at the al-Husseiniya Palace in Amman, Jordan's state news agency Petra reported.

Progressive Socialist Party spokesman Rami al-Rayyes has said that talks carried out by PSP officials in Turkey have led to an agreement to protect the minority Druze sect in Syria.

Al-Rayyes told al-Mustaqbal daily published on Wednesday that the delegation, which was led by Health Minister Wael Abou Faour, agreed with top Turkish officials and the representatives of the Syrian opposition on “certain measures” to protect the Druze.