Change and Reform bloc MP Michel Aoun has informed his ally Hizbullah of his rejection to nominate Marada leader MP Suleiman Franjieh for the post of presidency, An Nahar daily said on Tuesday.

Aoun, himself a candidate of March 8 alliance, has also informed Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geaega of the stance, added the daily.

The expected presidential nomination of Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh is a result of a “regional-international” deal aimed at preventing chaos from taking over Lebanon, reported al-Akhbar newspaper on Tuesday.

A ministerial source told the daily that “there is a 75 percent chance that this deal will go ahead.”

The Mustaqbal Movement informed Hizbullah and the AMAL movement of its nomination of Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh as president, reported As Safir newspaper on Tuesday.

It said that the Mustaqbal Movement had informed the two sides of its decision during the dialogue session with Hizbullah that was held at Speaker Nabih Berri's Ain el-Tineh residence on Monday.

Change and Reform bloc chief MP Michel Aoun has announced that it is up to the March 8 coalition to decide whether or not to nominate Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh for the presidency.

“My stance on Franjieh's nomination will either complicate or facilitate the situation and I will declare it before the (presidential) elections take place,” Aoun said in an interview with Russia Today television that was aired Monday on OTV.

Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal movement stressed Monday the need for maintaining the ongoing dialogue among various parties in the country in order to “reach national agreements as soon as possible.”

“Discussions tackled the political developments, especially those related to the constitutional junctures,” said a joint statement issued by the two parties after their 21st dialogue session in Ain al-Tineh.

Lebanon's new president should enjoy the “consent” of all Lebanese parties, a top adviser to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced Monday after talks in Beirut.

“We held a good, constructive and friendly meeting with Prime Minister Tammam Salam … and he has run the country in a good manner through his wisdom,” Ali Akbar Velayati, Khamenei's adviser on international affairs, said after the talks at the Grand Serail.

The Kataeb Party stressed Monday that the country's new president must "neutralize" Lebanon from the crisis in neighboring Syria and extend state authority across all Lebanese regions.

“The new president's characteristics must reflect keenness on neutralizing Lebanon from the regional and global conflicts, especially the Syrian crisis,” said the party in a statement issued after the weekly meeting of its political bureau.

Al-Nusra Front announced Monday afternoon that negotiations with Lebanon over a prisoner swap deal were still in the phase of “devising a serious mechanism,” as several media reports said the talks were making progress again after Sunday's setback.

“Negotiations over the captive servicemen who are in our custody are still in the phase of devising a serious mechanism for implementing what has been agreed on,” al-Nusra announced via Twitter.

The army carried out a series of raids on Monday in several regions, during which 81 Syrians were arrested.

An army statement said the Syrian nationals were apprehended for entering Lebanon illegally.

Panicked residents evacuated their homes Monday after a landslide hit the outskirts of the town of Kfarnabrakh in the Chouf region.

“Very dangerous landslides have occurred in the outskirts of the Chouf town of Kfarnabrakh above the towns of Wadi al-Sitt and al-Fowara,” stare-run National News Agency said.