The Free Patriotic Movement-led Strong Lebanon parliamentary bloc on Tuesday reiterated its call for “unified standards” in the cabinet formation process, shortly after a meeting between President Michel Aoun and PM-designate Saad Hariri.

In a statement issued after its weekly electronic meeting, chaired by FPM chief Jebran Bassil, the bloc hoped Aoun and Hariri will reach “a common approach as quick as possible.”

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri held an important meeting with President Michel Aoun on Tuesday at the presidential palace.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Hariri said the talks were “positive.”

Lebanese security forces have reportedly managed to find the cellphone of slain young man Joe Bejjani -- an Alfa employee and freelance photographer who was gunned down Monday morning outside his home in Kahale.

"Security forces found Bejjani’s phone in the town of Qmatiyeh" in Aley district, al-Jadeed TV quoted security sources as saying.

The United States “remains ready to mediate constructive negotiations” between the Israeli and Lebanese governments on their maritime boundary, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday.

A “pivotal” meeting is expected on Tuesday between President Michel Aoun and PM-designate Saad Hariri on a cabinet formation, their thirteenth since the designation of the PM, media reports said.

Director general of the state-run Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Firas Abiad, said Tuesday the responsibility to prevent the spread of coronavirus mainly lies on “individuals and sectors," noting that most infections are among the youth who spread it to the elderly.

Caretaker Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi stressed on Tuesday that the investigation will continue until the perpetrators involved in the killing of Joseph Bejjani in Kahale a day earlier are caught.

Central Bank governor Riad Salameh said on Tuesday the crisis of ending subsidies on the import of basic goods can be solved without reducing the foreign reserves if the new government takes the necessary measures.

The RestART Beirut Fund, an ambitious international initiative launched by a group of young friends from five different countries under the aegis of the King Baudouin Foundation, is launching its first project – saving the badly damaged Sursock Palace in Beirut and helping open it to the public as a museum and cultural center.

Caretaker Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi on Monday issued a memo further relaxing the country’s anti-coronavirus measures for the occasion of the holidays.