A delegation of European Union ambassadors stressed on Monday the need for Lebanon to fully implement United Nations Security Council resolution 1701 as stipulated in its government’s ministerial statement.

It welcomed in a statement after visiting the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon headquarters at Ras al-Naqoura the cabinet’s commitment to cooperating with the international force.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi announced on Monday that he supports justice and uncovering the truth in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri through the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on condition that the truth not be based on false leads.

He said during his visit to Jbeil: “No one can construct the state and head to the national dialogue if they believe that they have the ultimate truth.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat noted on Monday that the developments in Syria demonstrated that it is impossible to carry on with the security approach over the country’s anti-regime protests.

He said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa magazine: “A new approach should be adopted through resorting to dialogue.”

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Monday that the Lebanese parties have no choice but to return to dialogue given the current division in the country.

He said: “All sides should participate in the dialogue because the failure to do so means that the problems will be transferred elsewhere.”

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams announced on Monday that he will bring up the issue of Lebanon’s demarcation of its maritime border at the United Nations on Thursday.

He said after holding talks with Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour: “Lebanon must have access to its natural resources and must benefit from them and I want to see there is a law on exploration and exploitation fully implemented and foreign oil companies coming to Lebanon.”

Hizbullah will seek to adopt an attitude of defiance against the second phase of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s indictment, reported the daily An Nahar on Monday.

Informed sources said that the party “will not back down an inch from its convictions to avoid appearing that the indictment had affected its resolve.”

Prime Minister Najib Miqati received on Monday a cable from his French counterpart Francois Fillon in which he stressed France’s “absolute support” to the Lebanese government in confronting internal, regional, and international challenges.

He added that Lebanon should respect its international commitments and United Nations resolutions.

A decree was issued on Monday allowing the parliament to hold extraordinary sessions starting August 1.

Speaker Nabih Berri told As Safir newspaper that he will call on holding a parliamentary session next month.

The March 14-led opposition has said it would be useless to meet with the March 8 forces stressing that President Michel Suleiman should provide guarantees for a productive national dialogue before inviting for all party-talks at the Baabda palace.

High-ranking sources in al-Mustaqbal movement, the pillar of March 14, told As Safir newspaper Monday that the previous experience with dialogue was bad over the non-implementation of any decision reached between the conferees, including the international tribunal, the disarmament of Palestinians outside camps and the demarcation of the border with Syria.

Speaker Nabih Berri said on Monday that he supports President Michel Suleiman’s announcement that he would re-launch the national dialogue, stressing the importance of all-party talks to “avoid all kinds of problems and disputes.”

“I am ready to participate again in the national dialogue… it plays a major role in calming people down and renders communication (between different parties easy),” Berri told As Safir newspaper.