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.

Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal Movement on Thursday called for “communication” to achieve “unifying national agreements,” only hours after al-Mustaqbal leader ex-PM Saad Hariri formally declared his endorsement of Hizbullah's ally MP Michel Aoun for the presidency.

Ex-PM Najib Miqati, resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi and Telecom Minister Butros Harb on Thursday hit out at ex-PM Saad Hariri's official endorsement of Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun for the presidency.

Speaker Nabih Berri announced Thursday after talks with Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun that “disagreement” over the latter's presidential nomination will not lead to animosity between the two leaders.

Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun reassured Thursday that there will be no “bilateral, tripartite or four-party agreements” and that “no one will be excluded” should he be elected president, shortly after his nomination was formally endorsed by ex-PM Saad Hariri.

The United States and Saudi Arabia Thursday imposed sanctions on alleged Hizbullah members and financial backers, accusing them of funneling money to the Lebanese, Iran-backed group or engaging in “terrorism.”

Free Patriotic Movement founder and ex-army chief Michel Aoun, who once waged a "war of liberation" against Syrian forces but later allied with pro-Damascus Hizbullah, seems to be poised to achieve his long-cherished dream of becoming Lebanon's president.

Head of al-Mustaqbal bloc ex-PM Fouad Saniora, Deputy Speaker Farid Makari and Mustaqbal MPs Ahmed Fatfat and Ammar Houri announced Thursday that they would not vote for Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun in any presidential election session, shortly after Aoun was formally endorsed by al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri formally endorsed Thursday the presidential nomination of Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun, describing his decision as a “major political risk” that he is willing to take for the sake of the country.

“Based on the points of agreement that we have reached, I announce today before you my decision to endorse the nomination of General Michel Aoun for the presidency of the republic,” said Hariri in a speech at the Center House -- his downtown Beirut residence.

Hizbullah's Loyalty to Resistance bloc stressed Thursday that “mutual agreements” among the country's political forces are “necessary before and after the presidential vote.”