The ambassadors of the UK, the U.S., Canada, Germany and the Netherlands and the deputy ambassador of Japan have met with caretaker PM Najib Mikati and agreed with him on “continued support for transparency and accountability in Lebanon,” a joint statement said.

Free Patriotic Movement Alain Aoun said Thursday that the FPM might agree with the opposition MPs on a presidential candidate.

"We are communicating with all parties," Aoun said, adding that hic bloc hasn't yet decided on a candidate.

Bkerki’s spokesperson Walid Ghayad said Thursday that Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari did not discuss with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi the names of any presidential candidates, in a meeting they had Tuesday in Bkerki.

Ghayad told al-Jadeed TV that Bukhari did not support or oppose the election of any candidate, but rather mentioned the qualifications needed in a president.

French authorities have asked Lebanese prosecutors to detain two people suspected of involvement in a 1983 bombing in Beirut that killed dozens of French troops, Lebanese judicial officials said Wednesday.

It is highly unlikely that Lebanese authorities will detain the suspects nearly 40 years after the attacks. Neither has ever been taken into custody.

Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh on Wednesday hit out at his Christian rivals for reversing their stance on the boycott of presidential election sessions.

The Free Patriotic Movement on Wednesday called for the election of “a president who embodies a complete salvation and reform program, in line with what was said in the presidential priorities paper that has been proposed by the FPM.”

After Hezbollah and the Amal Movement officially nominated Suleiman Franjieh for the presidency, a senior Free Patriotic Movement official has called for agreeing on a so-called “third.”

In remarks to Annahar newspaper published Wednesday, the official called for proposing several names in an attempt to agree on “a candidate who represents an intersection among the majority of political forces, and if possible all forces.”

Thirty-eight countries at the U.N. Human Rights Council have condemned the political obstruction of Lebanon’s domestic investigation into the August 4, 2020 explosion at Beirut’s port.

Hezbollah and the Amal Movement’s nomination of Suleiman Franjieh for the presidency was not a “surprising move” but it might “activate the presidential election file,” MP Ghassan Hasbani of the Lebanese Forces said on Wednesday.

There is no political communication between the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces, FPM MP Ibrahim Kanaan said Wednesday.

"The coordination is limited to some specific files in parliament," Kanaan said.