Report: Le Drian's dialogue to be held in early September

The date of a dialogue between different Lebanese parties over the presidential crisis has almost been confirmed, al-Joumhouria newspaper said.

French diplomatic sources told the daily, in remarks published tuesday, that it is almost confirmed that the dialogue will take place in early September.

French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian, on his second mission to Lebanon, had proposed to all those taking part in the process of electing a president to invite them to a meeting in Lebanon in September to achieve a consensus on the challenges and on the priority projects the future president will have to carry out, and consequently the qualities necessary for tackling them.

Most parties have reportedly agreed to take part in the dialogue.

According to the sources, the dialogue will be led by Le Drian himself, and will likely be held at the Pine Residence -- the official residence of the French ambassador in Beirut.

The daily also reported that the five-nation group on Lebanon will likely meet in New York in late September, on the sidelines of the 78th session of the U.N. General Assembly.

On July 17, representatives of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United States, France and Qatar had gathered in Doha to discuss Lebanon, urging parliament to choose a president and politicians to "take immediate steps to break the impasse".