Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat denied on Saturday reports saying that he is preventing the cabinet from holding an extraordinary session to discuss two decrees essential to award the oil blocks for the oil companies.

“If the issue requires an extraordinary session to resolve it then I don't mind but the recommendations of the petroleum authority should be taken into consideration,” Jumblat said in comments published in As Safir newspaper.

A delegation from the World Bank arrived in Lebanon on Thursday to address the International Support Group on Lebanon meeting that was held on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly last week.

Vice President of the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank, Inger Andersen, and the accompanying delegation held talks with President Michel Suleiman at the Baabda Palace.

Hizbullah is mulling to withdraw its fighters from the neighboring country Syria if the reasons behind its intervention in battles in Damascus were resolved, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Thursday.

According to the newspaper, the leadership of Hizbullah is discussing the withdrawal of its fighter from Syria with President Michel Suleiman.

President Michel Suleiman stressed that the international support exhibited for Lebanon during last week's United Nations General Assembly should be exploited through respecting the constitution, national pact, and the Baabda Declaration, reported As Safir newspaper on Thursday.

He told the daily: “It is unacceptable and unreasonable to shy away from our commitment to the Declaration.”

The March 14 General Secretariat stressed in a statement on Wednesday that forming a cabinet is a national and constitutional responsibility, and called on President Michel Suleiman and PM designate Tammam Salam to line up one that is free from the restraints of Hizbullah and based on the Baabda declaration.

After their weekly meeting, the secretariat stressed that Hizbullah's involvement in the Syrian crisis have “burdened the Lebanese and linked their destiny to the turmoil in Syria following the party's inclusion on the list of terrorism in Europe, the Gulf, and the U.S.”

The Maronite Bishops Council lamented on Wednesday the Lebanese powers' failure to form a new government, criticizing their reliance on foreign powers and developments.

It said in a statement after its monthly meeting chaired by Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi: “Any government that is not strictly formed by Lebanese forced is aimed at dividing the country.”

Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam denied that consultations were being held to form a cabinet in which the March 8 and 14 alliances would get nine ministers each while the centrists would have six seats.

In remarks to al-Akhbar newspaper published on Tuesday, Salam said: “No one brought up the issue with me … There is an open bazaar on many ideas and suggestions.”

Hopes for a breakthrough in the 30-year estrangement between the U.S. and Iran had an impact on President Michel Suleiman's Gulf tour that was gradually postponed, local newspapers reported on Tuesday.

According to As Safir newspaper, Saudi Arabia postponed Suleiman's visit to Riyadh over the international and regional developments.

Lebanese top officials will resume efforts to hold a national dialogue after Premier-designate Tammam Salam informed President Michel Suleiman that there was no progress in the formation of the new government.

An Nahar daily said Tuesday that Suleiman will exert efforts to hold the all-party talks by coordinating with Speaker Nabih Berri and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati upon his return from a private trip abroad.

Saudi Ambassador Ali Awadh Asiri said on Monday that President Michel Suleiman postponed his visit to Saudi Arabia after consultations between the Saudi and Lebanese Authorities.

“The postponement of the visit came in light of consultation between the Saudi and Lebanese Authorities,” Asiri said in a statement.