Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday commemorated slain ex-PM Rafik Hariri, saying his 18th assassination anniversary coincides with “critical moments in Lebanon.”

Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri visited Tuesday the central Beirut tomb of his slain father, ex-PM Rafik Hariri, to mark the 18th anniversary of his assassination.

Thousands of citizens from the various regions and dozens of political, diplomatic, social, intellectual and religious figures were flocking Tuesday to the tomb of slain ex-PM Rafik Hariri in central Beirut to commemorate the 18th anniversary of his assassination.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Tuesday posted a tweet commemorating slain ex-PM Rafik Hariri on the 18th anniversary of his assassination.

Russia has paid tribute to Lebanon’s slain ex-PM Rafik Hariri on the 18th anniversary of his assassination.

There are “contacts” aimed at persuading Lebanon’s partially-closed banks not to suspend all services, a media report said on Monday.

The continued failure to elect a new president in Lebanon “will dictate a reevaluation of the entire relations” with the country, the envoys of the five nations that took part in the latest Paris meeting said on Monday.

“If MPs don’t perform their duties, foreign countries will not be keener than Lebanese officials themselves,” caretaker PM Najib Mikati’s office quoted the envoys as saying during a meeting with the premier at the Grand Serail.

The latest Paris meeting on Lebanon witnessed “general discussions and no presidential candidate was endorsed, knowing that the deliberations involved names of candidates,” a media report said on Monday.

The Parliament Bureau on Monday postponed taking a decision regarding a controversial legislative session that Speaker Nabih Berri had intended to call for, as the Free Patriotic Movement declared its boycott of any such session.

"The discussions will be continued next Monday," Parliament Secretary-General Adnan Daher said after a meeting for the Parliament Bureau on Monday.

Envoys from five countries that took part in the latest Paris meeting on Lebanon – U.S., France, Egypt, Qatar and KSA – met Monday in Beirut with Speaker Nabih Berri and caretaker PM Najib Mikati.