MP Walid Jumblat's Democratic Gathering bloc might propose the appointment of Ayman Shqeir and the MPs Marwan Hamadeh and Talal Arslan as ministers in Saad Hariri's government, a media report said on Tuesday.

The detention in Iran of Lebanese citizen and U.S. permanent resident Nizar Zakka is a “U.S. Iranian problem,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said during an official visit to Lebanon on Monday, as the man's family urged that he be repatriated to Lebanon.

The Kataeb Party announced Monday that it is ready to “cooperate” with President Michel Aoun on the implementation of the platform that he announced in his oath of office.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat has announced that “there can be no government without the Shiite duo,” in reference to Hizbullah and Speaker Nabih Berri's AMAL Movement.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks Monday in Baabda with newly-elected President Michel Aoun as part of an official visit to Lebanon that will also include meetings with other top Lebanese officials.

France is preparing for an international donors conference aimed at supporting Lebanon economically in light of the election of a new president and the formation of a new government, caretaker Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq announced on Monday.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri announced Monday that the election of a new president in Lebanon and the formation of a new government represent an opportunity to “revitalize” Lebanon's ties with the Arab Gulf states.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea responded Monday to Speaker Nabih Berri's complaints that he is allegedly inciting some political parties to shift to the opposition with regard to the government formation.

“My dear friend Speaker Nabih Berri. I very much value your concern (for the Lebanese Forces) these days namely that you have saved no opportunity to mention us but... some love kills,” said Geagea sarcastically via twitter, using a well-known expression from Arabic literature.

Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji stressed that the army's resilience and its ability to protect stability has paved the way for ending the vacuum at Lebanon's top state post, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

“The performance of the army has contributed to safeguard the state's institutions of decay and collapse, an in safeguarding national stability which paved way for filling the longtime presidential vacuum by electing General Michel Aoun as President of the Republic,” said Qahwaji during a dinner banquet held in his honor.

Newly elected President Michel Aoun received at the Presidential Palace on Monday envoy of Syrian President and Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The envoy was accompanied by Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali, it added.