Lebanon's rival leaders met again on Monday at the national dialogue table to consolidate the work of the government three days before it is scheduled to convene.

The 13th session was held in Ain el-Tineh in the absence of Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun who sent his son-in-law Free Patriotic Movement chief Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil to represent him.

Al-Mustaqbal movement chief Saad Hariri expressed regret on Lebanon's abstention from voting on the Arab League statement that denounced Iran's acts against Saudi Arabia, Hariri's press office said in a statement on Monday.

“The abstention of Lebanon's Foreign Minister to vote on the Arab League's resolution does not reflect the opinion of the majority of the Lebanese who are suffering from the Iranian interference in their internal affairs,” Hariri's press statement said.

Former President Michel Suleiman's visit to Saudi Arabia was orchestrated by al-Mustaqbal movement leader Saad Hariri and came as a reaction to the new alliance that emerged between Lebanese Forces head Samir Geaega and former Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun, media reports said.

The visit aims to pave way for Christian figures, other than Geagea, to visit Saudi officials in a message to the latter that Riyadh has its doors open for any Christian figure of the March 14 alliance, added the reports.

Speaker Nabih Berri has lamented that no solution was looming on the horizon for the presidential crisis but said he gave the MPs of his bloc the freedom to chose the candidate they wanted.

“The presidential elections have been frozen,” Berri, whose remarks were published in newspapers on Monday, told his visitors.

The Lebanese Forces has informed the March 14 alliance that the LF would back Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun for the presidency, An Nahar daily reported on Monday.

The newspaper said that LF lawmaker George Adwan made the announcement on his party's serious intention to back Aoun during a meeting that was held by the coalition’s leaders on Sunday night.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh have held a second meeting to discuss the Mustaqbal Movement leader's controversial presidential initiative, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Monday.

The daily said that the meeting took place last week “to discuss the developments on Hariri's attempt to back Franjieh for the presidency.”

Prime Minister Tammam Salam has stressed that dialogue remained the only option to resolve the country's lingering crises and hinted that he would stick to the agenda of a cabinet session he has called for despite the reservations of the Free Patriotic Movement.

“Dialogue was and will remain the bridge to all desired solutions,” Salam said in remarks published in several local newspapers on Monday.

Former president Michel Suleiman held talks Sunday in Riyadh with al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri.

A statement issued by Hariri's press office said the meeting at the ex-PM's residence focused on “the threats posed by the presidential vacuum and the need to end this abnormal and dangerous situation through electing a president as soon as possible.”

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Sunday expressed Lebanon's rejection of an Arab League statement condemning Hizbullah over alleged interference in Bahrain.

“This Lebanese stance is based on Lebanon's interest in preserving the region's stability and its domestic unity and stability,” Bassil told a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo.

A senior Hizbullah official on Sunday slammed as “blatant lies” reports accusing his party and the Syrian regime of imposing a so-called starvation siege on the Syrian town of Madaya.

“The so-called Madaya issue reflects utter lying, charlatanry, malice and ignorance, seeing as some people do not want to think or to use their brains,” said Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, head of Hizbullah's Executive Council.