The parliamentary telecommunications committee will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to tackle the recent spying stations installed by Israel along its border with Lebanon as caretaker Telecom Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui considered the matter “violation of the country's sovereignty.”

The head of the Committee, MP Hassan Fadlallah, said in comments published in As Safir newspaper on Thursday that the meeting will be held in presence of Sehnaoui and a specialized team in addition to the Foreign Ministry representative.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati has snapped back at Speaker Nabih Berri, who has been suspicious of his call for a parliamentary session to specify the jurisdiction of a caretaker cabinet.

“Is it possible that I ask the speaker to call for a general assembly to explain the concept of a caretaker (cabinet) and I don't attend it?” Miqati wondered in remarks published in An Nahar newspaper on Thursday.

Speaker Nabih Berri revealed on Wednesday that Israel had set up a number of spying stations along its border with Lebanon, reported the National News Agency.

He said during his weekly meeting with MPs at his Ain el-Tineh residence: “The stations begin at al-Naqoura, pass through Khiyam, and end in Shebaa.”

Speaker Nabih Berri has hinted that he needed guarantees from caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati that he would attend a parliamentary session to specify the jurisdiction of a caretaker cabinet.

In remarks to several dailies published on Wednesday, Berri asked: “What are the guarantees that he would attend a parliamentary session if I reacted positively to his call?”

A delegation from the Change and Reform Parliamentary bloc will hold talks with al-Mustaqbal MPs on Thursday in Nejmeh Square in an attempt to reach a breakthrough over the parliamentary standstill.

According to An Nahar newspaper published on Monday, the meeting comes in light of Free Patriotic Movement's initiative to contact various parliamentary blocs to end the ongoing rift.

Speaker Nabih Berri condemned the “vile” attack against a van carrying residents of the neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen in the northern city of Tripoli, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Monday.

He said: “The attack was aimed at creating strife in Lebanon, nothing more nothing less.”

Speaker Nabih Berri urged on Saturday President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam to form a national unity cabinet, saying that the 9-9-6 formula aims at ending the vacuum.

“If I was in the place of Suleiman and Salam I would issue decrees to form a national unity cabinet and make all parties assume their responsibilities,” Berri said in comments published in al-Akhbar newspaper on Saturday.

U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Friday that Lebanese top officials were “in favor of being invited” to a peace conference on Syria in Geneva later this month.

Following separate talks with President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati, Brahimi said: “The three leaders are in favor of being invited to it.”

Al-Mustaqbal bloc leader Fouad Saniora visited caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Thursday night, culminating a round of talks he held with the country's top officials following his return from Paris.

Saniora's meetings started on Thursday with President Michel Suleiman as part of a delegation from the southern city of Sidon. He then held talks at his residence with Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel.

Speaker Nabih Berri stressed on Thursday that no international power can force the disposition of Syria's chemical arms in Lebanon.

"Sources close to the Hague assured that there are unofficial reports saying Lebanon will take part in the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons,” Berri said in a speech he gave during an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Imam Sadr Foundation.