Hizbullah had urged former Prime Minister Saad Hariri to return to Lebanon through diplomatic channels, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Tuesday.

According to the newspaper Hariri had received several calls to return to the country, not only from Speaker Nabih Berri, but from Hizbullah also.

Speaker Nabih Berri warned on Monday that he would not allow any party or official to either decide what role the parliament would play or to obstruct its functions.

“The parliament is the top institution and it is not allowed and I don't accept for anyone to set its role or paralyze it,” Berri said in remarks to several newspapers.

Al-Mustaqbal movement leader and former Prime Minister Saad Hariri is expected to make a televised speech on Friday to address the regional and local situations.

Al-Liwaa newspaper and the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported on Monday that Hariri's televised appearance is to mark six iftar banquets his party will hold in Beirut, the northern city of Tripoli, the southern city of Sidon and several other areas across Lebanon.

Al-Mustaqbal movement voiced support to a decision to extend the mandate of Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji by at least one year, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Tuesday.

According to the newspaper, the decision came in light of a series of meetings held between former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and senior officials in al-Mustaqbal movement.

A meeting held on Sunday between former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and a delegation from al-Mustaqbal movement addressed the on going crises in Lebanon, local newspapers reported on Monday.

According to al-Joumhouria newspaper, discussions with the delegation, which is comprised of ex-PM Fouad Saniora and MPs Ahmed Fatfat and Nohad al-Mashnouq, focused on the formation of the cabinet and the resumption of the national dialogue.

Speaker Nabih Berri urged former Prime Minister and the head of Mustaqbal movement Saad Hariri to return to Lebanon, pointing out that he is ready to reconsider Hariri's reappointment as a premier.

“Hariri must return to Lebanon to facilitate the resumption of the dialogue so that we cooperate to face the current challenges,” Berri said in comments published in local newspapers on Monday.

Al-Mustaqbal leaders are scheduled to hold talks in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, a meeting that would result in a unified stance from Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam's efforts to form his government.

An al-Mustaqbal delegation, comprising "ex-PM Fouad Saniora and MPs Ahmed Fatfat and Nohad al-Mashnouq, traveled to the Saudi city of Jeddah for talks with ex-PM Saad Hariri," state-run National News Agency reported on Sunday afternoon.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun and al-Mustaqbal movement chief ex-PM Saad Hariri have recently had “indirect contacts,” FPM sources confirmed on Saturday.

The sources also confirmed reports about ties between Rabieh and al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc chief MP Fouad Saniora.

Several officials denounced on Tuesday the blast that targeted Bir al-Abed neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs, calling on the state to control the security situation in Lebanon.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri condemned the explosion, saying that the incident compels the Lebanese to consolidate national consensus and distance the country from any foreign conflict.

Free Patriotic Movement caretaker Energy Minister Jebran Bassil stressed on Friday the military institution will not be hit by vacuum if Army commander General Jean Qahwaji was referred to retirement.

“All the public institutions, in particular the security agency, can't suffer from vacant posts as the hierarchy prevents it,” Bassil said in comments published al-Akhbar newspaper.