Maronite Patriarch Beshsara al-Rahi traveled to Hungary on Sunday morning on an official visit where he is set to meet a number of senior officials.

Speaking at the airport ahead of his flight, the patriarch stated: “We need to reach a parliamentary electoral law that appeases all sides.”

Rina Chibani was crowned Miss Lebanon on Saturday, while her twin sister Romy was the first runner-up in an unusual ceremony.

Rina reserved her spot in Miss Universe pageant that will be held in Las Vegas in the U.S. On December 19.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stressed on Saturday that the stances adopted by the cabinet provided the country with the necessary stability, noting that the new electoral law based on proportional representation will be approved “ultimately.”

“We fear if Syria lost then extremism and Takfiri thinking will widely spread, such as in northern Lebanon. We can't accept these abnormal cases on our land and that threaten our existence,” Aoun said during a tour in the towns of Jbeil.

President Michel Suleiman travels to Peru on Sunday to head the Arab group that will participate in the third summit between South American nations and Arab countries.

First lady Wafaa and a large ministerial delegation accompanies Suleiman to the South American country for the summit that starts on Monday.

The European Union's Political and Security Committee expressed on Saturday support for the Lebanese government in its efforts to preserve security and backed the Lebanese Armed Forces in confronting internal and external threats.

The members of the committee chaired by Olof Skoog met with Prime Minister Najib Miqati in the presence of EU Ambassador Angelina Eichhorst at the Grand Serail.

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel warned on Saturday that only 15 Christian MPs would be elected by the votes of Christian voters in the 2013 parliamentary elections if the current winner-takes-all system was not changed.

In remarks to local newspapers, Charbel said: “Mistaken are those who think that the 1960 law guarantees the best representation of Christians.”

Prime Minister Najib Miqati said the Cypriot president has told him that Cyprus would begin implementing a 2007 agreement on the maritime border as soon as Lebanon's parliament approves it.

In remarks to As Safir daily published Saturday, Miqati said: “There is a positive Cypriot response with regards to the maritime border.”

Members of the Bkirki committee tasked with studying the best representation of Christians in the 2013 parliamentary elections agreed late Friday to prepare a study on three draft-laws proposed to the parliament after wrangling between the March 8 majority and March 14 coalition MPs over the conflicting proposals.

The members of the committee, who met under Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi, agreed to study the proposal of the government, another draft-law referred to parliament by March 14 opposition Christian lawmakers, and a plan suggested by Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun’s Change and Reform bloc that would allow every sect to elect its own MPs under a proportional representation system with Lebanon as a single district.

The Internal Security Forces confirmed on Friday that gunmen assaulted one of its patrols as it was attempting to prevent individuals from illegally cutting down trees for firewood in the town of Almat, Jbeil.

Chief of police Joseph al-Duweihi said in a press conference that some 20 gunmen assaulted the patrol, stealing some of their weapons.

Lebanon has ignored repeated requests to cooperate with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing former Premier Rafik Hariri's 2005 murder, defense lawyers said Friday.

Lawyers also lambasted prosecutors before the tribunal for delays in handing over evidence they needed for the trial in absentia of four Hizbullah members accused of involvement with the bombing.