Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader MP Saad Hariri is set to propose a roadmap to end the ongoing political crises as Speaker Nabih Berri is expected to call for a session that would include on its agenda the extension of the parliament's term at the end of October.

Sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Monday that Hariri intensified contacts to resolve “urgent issues.”

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil lashed out at politicians who are calling for the extension of the parliament's tenure, considering that the polls are the solution for the lingering crises including the presidential vacuum.

“Whoever wins the general elections would be able to elect a new head of state,” Bassil said in comments published in al-Akhbar newspaper on Friday.

Speaker Nabih Berri expressed belief on Wednesday that the latest defections of Lebanese soldiers would not affect the military institution, stressing a drop in investments during war.

Sneaking to reporters on the sidelines of the World Investment Forum 2014 in Geneva, Berri said that the announcement of several soldiers that they were joining the ranks of Syria-based jihadists were limited cases that did not affect the army or soldiers.

A meeting was held last week between al-Mustaqbal Movement and AMAL representatives to discuss the controversial extension of parliament's term, As Safir newspaper reported on Tuesday.

According to the daily, the meeting was attended by Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, Speaker Nabih Berri's adviser, and Nader Hariri, head of ex-PM Saad Hariri's office.

Speaker Nabih Berri traveled to Geneva to attend a parliamentary conference as media reports said Sunday he may make a stop in Italy to hold talks with Mustaqbal Movement leader MP Saad Hariri and Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi.

The daily An Nahar said that the speaker is set to return to Lebanon on Friday and may travel to Rome, which Hariri and al-Rahi are currently visiting.

Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel lashed out on Saturday at the Free Patriotic Movement and Hizbullah, accusing them of having interests to impede the election of a new head of state.

“Whoever wants to run for the presidency has the right... If the candidate didn't have enough support at the parliament then he withdraws,” Gemayel said in an interview with An Nahar newspaper.

Speaker Nabih Berri expressed concern on Saturday over the ongoing attempts by terrorists to overrun towns in the Eastern Mountain Range and to cause chaos in the northern port city of Tripoli.

“If the Lebanese remain united, then they (terrorists) will not be able to achieve much,” Berri said in comments published in al-Akhbar newspaper.

Speaker Nabih Berri described on Friday the controversial presidential elections as “complicated,” calling on the political arch-foes to agree on a consensual candidate.

“The presidential poll is complex as it involves two elements, the first is the local obstacles and the second is linked to the U.S.-Iranian and Iranian-Saudi dialogues,” Berri's visitors quoted him as saying.

The parliament failed again Thursday to elect a successor to former President Michel Suleiman, leaving the country's top Christian post vacant since May.

Speaker Nabih Berri has set a new session for October 29.

Speaker Nabih Berri refused on Wednesday staging of parliamentary elections, if it was boycotted by a key party.

“I support the staging of parliamentary elections but reject carrying it out if a key party boycotted it,” Berri said during his weekly meeting with lawmakers at Ain el-Tineh.