Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil said Monday that the repercussions of the deadly Qabrshmoun incident will not end before the Progressive Socialist Party hands over the “fugitives.”

Reminding of PSP chief Walid Jumblat's announcement that his party is not “above the law,” Bassil called on Jumblat to prove that the PSP is “under the law.”

Lebanese Democratic Party leader MP Talal Arslan and State Minister for Refugee Affairs Saleh al-Gharib on Monday held talks in Baabda with President Michel Aoun.

The two left without making a statement but LBCI TV said Arslan expressed his “insistence more than ever” on referring the case of the deadly Qabrshmoun incident to the Judicial Council, stressing that “there will be no bargaining over the blood of the two victims.”

The Kataeb and Progressive Socialist Parties on Monday called for “constructive dialogue” and affirmed that the 2001 Mountain Reconciliation still stands strong despite the deadly armed clash that took place in the Druze area of Aley late in June.

Speaker Nabih Berri visited President Michel Aoun at the Presidential Palace in Baabda to deliberate an outcome for a new dispute arising in the country over referring a deadly incident in the Aley town of Qabrshmoun to the Judicial Council.

Speaker Nabih Berri has reportedly “offered” President Michel Aoun the possibility of sponsoring a “political settlement” that includes withdrawing controversial demands to refer the Qabrshmoun case to the Judicial Council, the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Monday.

Some have sounded the alarm over the consequences of a “dispute” between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri against the former’s insistence to refer the killing of two bodyguards of a minister to the Judicial Council, and Hariri’s insistence for adopting a political solution and resorting to the judiciary, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Monday.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday described the Druze-Christian reconciliation in Chouf and Aley as a "treasure," as he warned against any "divisive", "destructive" and "incendiary" rhetoric.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Sunday lashed out at the rhetoric of Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil.

Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil has defended his visits to the various Lebanese regions, noting that the FPM is confronting "strife schemes" through "openness."

Foreign Minister and Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Saturday visited the northern city of Tripoli and met with FPM supporters in the Rachid Karameh International Fair despite controversy over his trip.