The 13th round of talks kicked off Monday in Ain al-Tineh, in the absence of head of Change and Reform bloc MP Michel Aoun and Marada Movement leader MP Sleiman Frangieh.
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil represented Aoun during the meeting, while former Minister Youssef Saadeh represented Frangieh.
For his part, head of the Democratic Party Talal Erslan noted that discussions included the reactivation of the governmental work, mainly the cabinet session scheduled for next Thursday.
Both Jumblatt and Erslan left the session before its end.
Following the meeting, Deputy Speaker Farid Makary said that head of the Future bloc Fouad Siniora expressed his objection over “certain expressions that could have been drafted in a better way in Minister Bassil’s speech.”
For his part, Tourism Minister Michel Faraon pointed out that he proposed holding a session dedicated to distancing Lebanon from the regional tensions, hoping that it will fasten the election of a new president.