Members of Lebanon's Parliament convened for a second day and started discussing the new government's policy statement, which focuses on improving the country's economic conditions.

President Michel Aoun received Saudi envoy Nizar al-Aloula on Wednesday accompanied by Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid al-Bukhari, the State-run National News Agency reported.

NNA said the envoy has conveyed congratulations of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the formation of Lebanon’s government.

Israeli troops on Wednesday resumed the installation of a controversial concrete barrier wall on the border between Lebanon and occupied Palestine opposite the village of Kfarkila, LBCI television reported.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea considered as “unfounded” the claims that Iran has “triumphed” in the region and is trying to reflect that in Lebanon, noting that the “unwillingness of parties to engage in a confrontation does not mean that Iran has won,” the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Wednesday.

In remarks Geagea made to the daily in an interview, and whether Iran is trying to invest its alleged “regional victory” in Lebanon, Geagea said: “I totally oppose this theory.”

Firebrand lawmaker Jamil al-Sayyed on Tuesday engaged in a verbal dispute with Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil as he addressed Parliament during a session to debate the new government's Policy Statement.

The minister said that “the state's treasury was empty and then it turned out that there were 600 billion liras and that the state did not pay the wheat farmers in the Bekaa,” al-Sayyed said, drawing a swift and angry response from Khalil, who interrupted his speech.

A Lebanese prosecutor requested a death sentence Tuesday against two Syrian men accused of the November murder of a British radio host, the National News Agency reported.

The pair, both in their twenties, were charged with the premeditated murder of Gavin Ford, a British national who had been a popular radio host in Lebanon for years.

President Michel Aoun has met with UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ján Kubiš at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri recited the Cabinet’s policy statement on Tuesday during a parliament session dedicated for a government vote of confidence.

A parliamentary session convenes on Tuesday and Wednesday dedicated to discussing the cabinet's policy statement where lawmakers will hold a government vote of confidence.

Two days of parliamentary debate had been scheduled but Prime Minister Saad Hariri has asked to limit the number of speeches in a session to be aired live on television.

Saudi royal envoy Nizar al-Aloula arrived Tuesday in Lebanon for talks with senior Lebanese officials.

“We came to congratulate over the formation of the government, which we hope will bring welfare to you, because if Lebanon rises the Arab world will rise,” al-Aloula told reporters at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport.