Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat warned of attempts to cause further sedition and division among Lebanese, urging officials to attend the upcoming national dialogue session.

“We should confront the matter responsibly and fortify coexistence and unity,” Jumblat told his visitors in al-Mukhtara.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stated that dialogue is the only choice left for the rival political factions, reported As Safir newspaper Saturday.

He told the daily: “Dialogue lies in the best interest of all sides and the stability of the country.”

Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour said Friday he would refer to the Lebanese Foreign Minister a response to the Syrian envoy over his recent accusations that the ministry was involved in helping “extremist Salafist organizations.”

Abou Faour told al-Joumhouria daily that he drafted a letter to respond to the memo that Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali handed recently to Mansour.

President Michel Suleiman called on Friday for holding the elections based on the winner-takes-all system if parliament failed to agree on a new draft-law but said the legislature could be later dissolved and polls held if a new law was adopted.

“Everyone is doubting whether the parliament would represent the Lebanese fairly,” he told al-Joumhouria newspaper.

A national dialogue session scheduled to be held on January 7 is likely to face the same fate of its predecessor after the March 14 opposition alliance threw the ball in President Michel Suleiman's court again saying the resignation of the government is a prerequisite for its attendance of the talks.

Baabda palace sources told An Nahar daily published on Friday that “the opposition can't throw the ball of the cabinet change in the president's court by linking the issue to dialogue.”

President Michel Suleiman stressed on Thursday that threats to target foreign countries' interests in Lebanon will have negative impact on the country after the families of abducted Lebanese pilgrims in Syria warned of targeting Turkish interests if the men weren't released soon.

The president, during the final cabinet session of 2012 held at the Baabda Palace, pointed out that he is directly following up the case along with Prime Minister Najib Miqati and the competent ministerial committee.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea criticized on Thursday President Michel Suleiman's recent remarks on the national dialogue and the March 14 camp's boycott of government-related activity, saying that the alliance had long demanded “serious and constructive” dialogue that “does not cancel agreements reached during previous sessions.”

He announced in an open letter to the president: “We are willing to return to parliament to discuss a fair electoral parliamentary electoral law once the speaker issues a call for a session aimed solely for this purpose.”

Phalange party leader Amin Gemayel stressed on Thursday that he will attend the upcoming all-party talks out of respect for the presidency even if the March 14 alliance rejected to engage in dialogue with the March 8 foes.

“Our stance is clear. We will attend the upcoming dialogue session as we respect the presidency but if the main figures rejected to attend it, we leave it to the president (Michel Suleiman) to take the appropriate decision” on whether to go ahead with the session or postpone it, Gemayel said in comments published in As Safir newspaper.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MP Ahmed Fatfat revealed on Wednesday that the March 14 alliance is ready to engage in dialogue with President Michel Suleiman solely, rejecting to resumption of the all-party talks with the March 8 foes.

“Resuming the national dialogue will not defuse tension,” Fatfat told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3).

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour stressed on Wednesday that Turkey is not behind the abduction of Lebanese pilgrims in Syria, a day after the families of the men held a sit-in near the Baabda Palace to demand President Michel Suleiman and the government to resolve the case.

"Turkey isn't responsible for the kidnapping of the men in Syria," Mansour said in comments to Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5).