Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea blamed Tuesday the "demonic alliance" between the Axis of Defiance and the Free Patriotic Movement for the tragic situation in Lebanon, as he criticized the government for borrowing from the Central Bank.

"Borrowing from the Central Bank is illegal," Geagea said, dubbing the successive finance ministries a "disaster".

Acting Central Bank Governor Wassim Mansouri has emphasized that “the decision of halting the funding of the state’s needs is final and irreversible, no matter how much pressures escalates on him from now until the end of the month,” sources close to him said.

The United States and Qatar are pressing the Lebanese opposition forces to “unite behind the presidential nomination of Army chief General Joseph Aoun,” ad-Diyar newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri considers the September dialogue -- proposed by French envoy Jean Yves Le Drian -- an opportunity "not to be missed."

Berri told al-Joumhouria newspaper, in remarks published Tuesday, that an agreement could be reached through September's dialogue.

A consultative ministerial meeting in Diman called Tuesday for expediting the election of a president and for cooperation with Syria and world powers to resolve the refugee crisis.

"We call on all Lebanese to protect the Lebanese formula by consolidating our belonging to our inclusive national identity," the ministers said in a statement after the meeting.

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari on Monday confirmed that the kingdom’s warning to its citizens to leave Lebanon was linked to the latest deadly clashes in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has sent caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati a message saying that the Fatah Movement is “committed to the ceasefire in Ain el-Helweh,” informed sources said.

The message was relayed by Palestinian Authority envoy Azzam al-Ahmad, who met with Mikati on Sunday, the sources told al-Akhbar newspaper in remarks published Monday.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat, who met Sunday in Ain el-Tineh, were both confused about statements by Gulf nations warning their citizens not to travel to Lebanon.

Bahrain had called on its citizens to leave Lebanon "for their own safety" hours after Saudi Arabia did the same without giving a reason.

The latest tensions in the region had a “direct link” to the deadly armed clashes that erupted on July 28 in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh in south Lebanon, a senior Western diplomat said.

Lebanon is sending two helicopters to join Greek and Jordanian aircraft in helping European Union member Cyprus fight a blaze that has scorched miles of mountainous terrain, an official said Monday.

Cyprus Foreign Ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis told The Associated Press that neighboring Lebanon is expected to send a pair of choppers as the wildfire continues to reignite on several fronts.