Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh on Wednesday thanked the 51 MPs who voted for him in the 12th presidential election session that was held earlier in the day without producing a winner.

“We also respect the opinion of the lawmakers who did not vote for me and this should push for constructive dialogue with everyone,” Franjieh added, in a tweet.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri urged Wednesday for dialogue after MPs failed for the 12th time to elect a president.

Berri called on parties to stop trading blame and to stop "spinning in a vicious circle."

Ex-minister and incumbent IMF official Jihad Azour on Wednesday thanked the Lebanese lawmakers who voted for him in the 12th presidential election session, which did not produce a new president.

"I hope that this development will be an incentive to converge on the need of getting Lebanon out of the crisis and move the process forward for the good of the Lebanese people," Azour said in an English-language statement.

Lawmakers in crisis-hit Lebanon on Wednesday failed for the 12th time to elect a new president, as bitter divisions between Hezbollah and its opponents marred the vote.

Candidates Jihad Azour and Suleiman Franjieh both failed to get across the line, with Azour garnering 59 votes and Frangieh 51 in the 128-seat parliament.

MPs Elias Jradeh, Halima Qaaqour and Cynthia Zarazir of the Change bloc and MPs Osama Saad, Abdul Rahman al-Bizri and Charbel Masaad of the Sidon-Jezzine bloc announced prior to Wednesday’s presidential election session that they would not vote for the candidates of the “sectarian parties.”

In a statement, the lawmakers said they would only vote for a candidate who supports the independence of the judiciary and backs holding corrupts accountable and resuming the probe into the Beirut port blast.

Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will discuss with President Emmanuel Macron on Friday the Lebanese file, local media reports said Wednesday.

The meeting takes place after Lebanese MPs failed again Wednesday to elect a president amid a chaotic session that ended with a missing vote and a lack of quorum for the second round.

U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland held phone talks with Speaker Nabih Berri on the eve of Lebanon’s 12th presidential election session.

“Had a constructive call with Lebanese Speaker Berri about the urgency of electing a president and enacting legislation on critically needed IMF reforms,” Nuland said in a tweet.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Tuesday stressed that the FPM is “outside any domestic or foreign alignment” and “not part of an axis,” on the eve of a heated presidential election session.

The Co-Chairs of the U.S.-Lebanon Friendship Caucus in the U.S. Congress -- Representatives Darrell Issa, Darrin LaHood and Debbie Dingell -- have sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding Lebanon’s stalled presidential election.

To help vulnerable Lebanese "continue to put food on the table and access medical care," the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing more than $17.4 million in additional humanitarian assistance to the people of Lebanon via the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and two non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the U.S. Embassy said.

"As staple food and fuel prices rise and livelihoods erode, Lebanon’s deepening economic crisis continues to generate humanitarian needs by decreasing vulnerable populations’ purchasing power, and restricting access to healthcare," the Embassy said in a statement.