Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi kicked off a trip to Saudi Arabia on Monday where he is scheduled to hold talks with King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri who has been in Riyadh since his shock resignation on Nov. 4.

The British Embassy in Lebanon on Monday held a ‘Remembrance Day’ service at the Beirut Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in honor of the soldiers who were killed during World Wars I and II, and in other conflicts.

The service was attended by British Ambassador Hugo Shorter; British Defense Attaché Lt. Col. Chris Gunning; Brig.-Gen. Ali al-Hennawi, representing Lebanese Army Commander General Joseph Aoun; Lt. Col. Samer al-Beani, representing Head of the Internal Security Forces Major General Imad Othman; and Brig.- Gen. Labib Ashkouti, representing the Director General of the General Security Major General Abbas Ibrahim. Ambassadors, diplomats and military attachés of U.S., European and Commonwealth countries were present.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson reiterated in talks with his Lebanese counterpart Jebran Bassil, the UK's support for Lebanon and that the country should not be used as a tool for proxy conflicts, a press release said on Monday.

Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Monday that “Lebanon’s stability should be restored as soon as possible” as he urged everyone to avoid “intervening in the country’s internal affairs.”

President Michel Aoun on Monday said that Prime Minister Saad Hariri's remarks on the possibility of reconsidering his own resignation was a “positive” indicator.

Visitors to the President at the Presidential Palace quoted Aoun as saying: “Hariri's hints that he might reconsider his resignation is something positive.”

Lebanese Forces MP Antoine Zahra said on Monday that Prime Minister Saad Hariri's TV appearance on Sunday “has proven his freedom,” noting that Lebanon's Constitution “does not ban resignation from outside the country.”

“There is nothing in the Constitution that bans Hariri's resignation from abroad,” Zahra said in an interview with radio VDL (93.3).

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called Monday for "non-interference" in Lebanon, after the country's prime minister announced his surprise resignation in a televised statement from Saudi Arabia.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Sunday he will return to Lebanon "within days" and that his surprising resignation was aimed at creating a “positive shock.”

President Michel Aoun on Sunday reiterated that anything declared by Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Riyadh will be a “subject of suspicion,” amid reports of an imminent TV interview featuring the premier.

“Aoun re-emphasized to his visitors today the content of the statement that was issued yesterday by the Presidency's press office about the mysterious and ambiguous circumstances in which Prime Mininster Saad Hariri has been living in Riyadh since last Saturday, which were also mentioned by a number of heads of state who tackled the issue over the past days,” the National News Agency said.

Senior Hizbullah official Sheikh Nabil Qaouq announced Sunday that his group is ready for any military scenario amid the latest tensions in the region.

“The Israeli enemy understands very well the repercussions of any aggression against Lebanon, which are repercussions that it cannot withstand,” Qaouq, a member of Hizbullah's Central Council, said.