Prime Minister Tammam Salam is likely to call cabinet to session soon in order to tackle the ongoing waste management crisis, reported the daily An Nahar on Wednesday.

Ministerial sources told the daily that the premier will call the government to convene “within days.”

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc stressed Tuesday its “commitment” to the March 14 coalition as it called for “seizing the chance” created by “ex-PM Saad Hariri's efforts to end the presidential vacuum.”

The bloc emphasizes on “the importance of the efforts that ex-PM Saad Hariri did and is still doing to launch an initiative that would end the presidential vacuum,” it said in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc stressed Tuesday that it refuses to be “intimidated” into electing a president through “bloodshed threats,” noting that its chief MP Michel Aoun will remain silent until Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh “clarifies the picture” of his sudden presidential nomination.

“Our political camp must address all the developments collectively, regardless of how they can be described,” said the bloc in a statement recited by ex-minister Salim Jreissati after its weekly meeting in Rabieh.

On his first visit to the South, British Ambassador Designate to Lebanon Hugo Shorter met Tuesday with UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano for a briefing at the U.N. Headquarters in Naqoura.

“The focus of his visit was the work of UNIFIL and its relationship with Lebanese residents in the South,” an embassy statement said.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam met on Tuesday U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag where discussions focused on the international community's efforts to support stability and security in Lebanon, the National News Agency said.

“Discussions focused on the upcoming launch of the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan for 2016,” a statement released by Kaag following the meeting said.

Former head of the Kataeb Party Amin Gemayel acknowledged on Tuesday that resolving the deadlock over the presidential elections is “not an easy task.”

He said after holding talks with Change and Reform bloc head MP Michel Aoun: “Contacts are ongoing with all sides to end the dispute.”

A parliamentary committee tasked with drafting a new electoral law resumed its meetings on Tuesday at Nejmeh Square but away from the media spotlight.

The attendees have agreed during the latest session held in November that it is better to keep the meetings secret in order to reach “better results.”

Iran and Saudi Arabia have not discussed the Lebanese file or the latest settlement that could bring MP Suleiman Franjieh to the post of presidency, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.

“There is no Saudi-Iranian agreement on the presidential file in Lebanon. The meeting between Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif and Saudi Arabia's Adel al-Jubeir did not last for more than 14 minutes and the talks focused on the Yemeni file without touching on the Lebanese one,” unnamed sources told the daily.

Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb revealed that positive developments have been achieved in resolving Lebanon's months-long garbage disposal crisis, reported al-Mustaqbal daily on Tuesday.

The minister told the daily: “The efforts are nearing their happy ending.”

Efforts have been kicked off to ensure the safe release of the nine servicemen who are being held hostage by the extremist Islamic State group, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Tuesday.

Sources informed on the meetings of the concerned ministerial crisis cell told the daily: “Contacts are being held on several fronts to reach a mechanism that will act as the starting point for negotiations to release the captives.”