Italian deputy Foreign Minister Staffan De Mistura was optimistic on Wednesday that the Lebanese would overcome their political crisis and engage in dialogue.

“We are concerned over the stability and security of Lebanon amid the Syrian crisis,” De Mistura said following talks with Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour.

Security forces launched on Wednesday a wide inspection campaign in Roumieh prison to confiscate any prohibited possessions obtained by the inmates, the National News Agency reported.

According to the news agency, around 100 Internal Security members and officers from the Jdeideh police station are assisting the security guards at the facility in the campaign.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr praised on Wednesday efforts exerted by President Michel Suleiman to maintain stability in Lebanon.

Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) reported that the two officials discussed during a meeting at the Baabda Palace the bilateral ties and the regional situation.

Ministerial sources doubted on Wednesday that the draft law of the new wage scale will be referred to parliament during the cabinet session scheduled to be held at the Baabda Palace.

In comments published in al-Akhbar newspaper, the sources said that the salary adjustments will not be approved, pointing out that some modifications still require thorough discussions.

The March 14 opposition alliance is hinging on a French-Saudi initiative that would steer Lebanon clear of the Syrian war and lead to a change in the Lebanese government, al-Mustaqbal movement sources said Wednesday.

Such an initiative would keep Lebanon away of the “Syrian swamp” and could expand to include the United States and Russia, the sources told As Safir daily.

The March 14 opposition alliance held onto its stance that there can be no national dialogue with Hizbullah's presence at the table of the all party-talks, saying the only solution to the country's political crisis comes through a salvation government.

“Dialogue with the president is open to form a new government,” a high-ranking March 14 source told An Nahar daily about consultations held by President Michel Suleiman with the political parties to guarantee a way out of the crisis.

A meeting was held Monday night between officials from the Progressive Socialist Party and Hizbullah at the residence of Public Works and Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi, during which the conferees agreed to “activate the government's work,” Hizbullah's al-Manar television reported.

The talks relaunched the "coordination meetings" between the two parties and "the conferees will meet again regardless of the circumstances," said al-Manar.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday noted that the main players in the government are trying to “mislead the Lebanese into thinking that the alternative to this government would be a protracted power vacuum, while the facts indicate that the persistence of this government in power is vacuum itself and is the cause of a major damage to the national interest.”

In a statement issued after its weekly meeting, the bloc said “French President Francois Hollande's visit to Lebanon carried a great positivity, despite its short duration,” adding that “it contributed to supporting the values of the sovereign, independent Lebanon and to protecting it from the threats affecting the region nowadays.”

Prime Minister Najib Miqati kicked off on Tuesday an official visit to Hungary where he met with its President Janos Ader, Speaker Laszlo Kover, his counterpart Viktor Orban, and members of the Lebanese diaspora.

Miqati said after meeting Oraban that he had “sensed his complete support for the Lebanese government's policy, especially since Lebanon is at the center of the storms raging in the Middle East.”

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun criticized on Tuesday the March 14 camp's decision to boycott government work and national dialogue, blaming it for the repercussions of its actions.

He said after the Change and Reform bloc's weekly meeting: “Why are they carrying out the boycott? I do not understand. There is no need for dialogue now and the March 14 MPs should resign if they want to boycott parliament.”