Bkirki is seeking to hold a meeting to gather key Christian leaders to tackle the latest developments in Lebanon, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Tuesday.

According to the newspaper, Bkirki is trying to ensure that Phalange party leader Amin Gemayel, Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and head of Marada Movement MP Suleiman Franjieh attend the meeting.

Speaker Nabih Berri has warned that preventing Hizbullah from participating in the new government would be dangerous, saying the exclusion would be considered directed at him.

“Those calling for Hizbullah's isolation are pushing towards Lebanon’s destruction,” Berri told As Safir newspaper on Tuesday.

Contradicting reports emerged on Tuesday on whether Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun and Hizbullah secretary-general sayyed Hassan Nasrallah held talks recently.

Sources close to the two officials denied to al-Akhbar newspaper that the meeting, which allegedly occurred on Monday night, took place.

Caretaker Premier Najib Miqati denied an alleged dispute with Speaker Nabih Berri, saying their differences lied on the constitutionality of a parliamentary session amid a resigned government.

“There are differences between the executive and legislative branches on the interpretation of the constitution,” Miqati told As Safir newspaper in an interview published on Tuesday.

The United States on Monday led western calls for tougher U.N. action on Iran's arms supplies to Syria and its Lebanese ally Hizbullah.

The calls came as Russia blocked a U.N. panel's unanimous ruling that a ballistic missile launch by Iran was a breach of international sanctions, diplomats said.

Another inmate has managed to escape from the Roumieh prison, which is witnessing dire conditions, only a few hours after a visit by caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel to the facility.

“Inmate Abdullah al-Hshimeh has escaped from the building housing convicts at Roumieh prison,” state-run National News Agency reported.

European Union nations are divided going into fresh talks this week on whether to add the military wing of Hizbullah to its list of "terrorist" groups, diplomatic sources said Monday.

EU ambassadors are set to discuss the issue on Thursday after counter-terrorist experts from the bloc's 28 member states twice failed last month to reach a unanimous decision to blacklist the party.

The United States' embassy in Lebanon denied in a released statement on Monday revoking the visas of several Lebanese nationals.

"Media reports claiming that the visas of 6,000 Lebanese have been recently revoked are categorically untrue,” the embassy stressed in its statement, pointing out that “visa revocation is highly uncommon, especially in Lebanon where no more than 1% of U.S. visas have been revoked over the last four years.”

The Phalange Party on Monday said the current situations in Lebanon and the region require an “extraordinary cabinet” and called for immunizing Lebanon's borders against infiltrations and violations.

“The Phalange Party warns against turning Lebanon into an open arena for fundamentalist groups and voices concern over possible new attacks similar to the Dahieh bombing,” the party's political bureau said in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.

A citizen from Zahle was kidnapped on Monday near the Bekaa town of Arsal, reported the National News Agency.

It said that Shan Foufian was kidnapped while he was inspecting a rock saw.