Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has dubbed a seven-day dialogue proposed by Speaker Nabih Berri an attempt to obstruct the presidential election.

"Berri is a master of political antics," Geagea said, adding that dialogue is a futile farce.

Progressive Socialist Party former leader Walid Jumblat on Friday lauded Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi’s “local, Arab and international efforts for resolving the presidential crisis.”

“We also highly appreciate your support for dialogue, despite the various obstacles,” Jumblat added addressing al-Rahi, at a gathering in Mukhtara that was part of the patriarch’s tour of the Chouf and Aley regions.

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka on Friday met with caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib. The Special Coordinator underlined that the adoption of Security Council Resolution 2695 on the renewal of UNIFIL’s mandate should be “an opportunity for all sides to recommit to stability in southern Lebanon and along the Blue Line,” her office said.

She mentioned in particular “the importance of working towards the full implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006).”

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has lashed out at both Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and the Lebanese Forces-led opposition over the issue of the proposed dialogue.

“As if all parties have a tacit agreement on maintaining presidential vacuum so that each of them can implement his project,” Bassil said at an FPM ceremony in Batroun.

The caretaker Cabinet on Thursday approved a decision by the country’s financial authorities to replace the Sayrafa currency exchange platform with one based on the international Bloomberg platform.

Asked whether the new platform “has been requested by the international community,” caretaker Information Minister Ziad Makari told reporters that no such move has been requested from Lebanon.

The caretaker cabinet convened Thursday morning at the Grand Serail to discuss, in two consecutive extraordinary sessions, "urgent" articles including the refugee crisis and the state budget.

"We are carrying out our responsibilities and we're not confiscating power," caretaker Prime Minister Bajib Mikati said at the beginning of the session.

Caretaker Tourism Minister Walid Nassar has honored prominent Lebanese music producer and DJ Rodge over his achievements in the field of music and concerts in Lebanon and the world, offering him a memorial shield.

Nassar said that he wanted to honor Rodge “at the building of the Ministry of Tourism, not anywhere else,” noting that the Lebanese producer “has become famous internationally as well as locally and an icon of entertainment and musical culture as part of the entertainment tourism that Lebanon is known for.”

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri seems to be very relieved, a week after he called for a seven-day dialogue, following which open presidential election sessions would be held, al-Liwaa newspaper reported Wednesday.

The daily said that Berri is patiently waiting for the positions of the political forces to crystallize regarding the dialogue. "And if they don't want it, too bad for them," the daily quoted Berri as saying.

The annual “Art of Living Exhibition”, a pioneer in interior home design and innovation projects, is taking place at the Forum de Beyrouth from 15 till 19 November 2023.

“We decorate the future. Our main goal is to give you the best solutions with expert designers” and “a place to turn your ideas into decoration,” a press release said.

Hezbollah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has hit back at Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea over his latest remarks on presidential vacuum.

“Someone has said that they are willing to bear vacuum for months and years but not willing to bear us. This means that they are ready to see the country in ruins and not ready to open the door to a certain agreement or settlement to finalize the presidential juncture,” Qassem said, referring to Geagea.