President Michel Suleiman condemned on Monday the Syrian troops’ infiltration into Lebanon’s eastern border region of al-Qaa and the shelling of several border towns, particularly in the north.

He tasked Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour to hand Syrian ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali a letter of complaint over his country’s endeavors along the Lebanese-Syrian border.

The European Union expressed on Monday its readiness to continue providing assistance to Lebanon in coping with the burden of harboring refugees fleeing the unrest in neighboring Syria.

It said in a statement after a council meeting on Lebanon: “The EU commends the Lebanese authorities for their efforts to support those fleeing the violence in Syria, and encourages the government of Lebanon to continue meeting its responsibilities in this respect.”

Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi stressed on Monday that a telecom data mechanism approved by top officials over the weekend allows the security agencies to benefit from information that can help them in tracking crimes.

“The telecom data would remain controlled by the law and the judicial committee that is tasked to follow up this issue,” Qortbawi told As Safir newspaper.

MP Butros Harb revealed on Sunday that President Michel Suleiman was behind the request to hand over the telecom data to the security agencies regarding the assassination attempt against Harb and the other assassinations.

“The cabinet didn’t voice its support to the president’s demand after incorrectly interpreting law 140,” Harb told An Nahar newspaper on Sunday.

President Michel Suleiman is exerting efforts to guarantee that the March 14 alliance would attend the upcoming national dialogue session at the Baabda Palace on July 24, as authorities adopted a new mechanism to provide the security agencies with the required telecom data.

According to An Nahar newspaper published on Sunday, Suleiman agreed with top security and judicial leaders and the concerned ministers in the presence of Prime Minister Najib Miqati, during a meeting at the Baabda Palace on Saturday, to provide the security agencies with the required telecom data without any obstruction.

President Michel Suleiman stated on Saturday that the national dialogue acts as the “political and security umbrella” in Lebanon given the current situation in the country.

He therefore urged “political powers, especially those participating at the national dialogue, to place national interests above all else and work in a manner that would help preserve security away from the developments in the region.”

The fate of Tuesday’s national dialogue session remains unknown in light of the March 14 camp’s decision to boycott the talks.

Despite the boycott, President Michel Suleiman is attempting to “obtain positive positions” on resuming the all-party talks, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

The March 14 opposition is set to take an “important” stance from the national dialogue that is set to be held at Baabda Palace next Wednesday, its third session since it resumed last month following a 19-month standstill, An Nahar daily reported.

The sources told the newspaper on Wednesday that the alliance can’t ignore the assassination attempts against Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and MP Butros Harb, and reports about plots on other March 14 personalities.

President Michel Suleiman held talks with Turkish leaders on Tuesday about the fate of the 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who were kidnapped in Syria two months ago.

"We told the Lebanese side that we will do our best to find the kidnapped pilgrims but our opportunities are also restricted," a diplomatic source told Agence France Presse after Suleiman's meeting with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

President Michel Suleiman is scheduled to travel Tuesday to Turkey in light of positive signals received by Lebanese officials about the case of the 11 Lebanese pilgrims abducted in Syria, the Central News Agency reported on Monday.

Suleiman’s trip may carry “a happy surprise for the Lebanese in general and the abductees’ families in particular, knowing that the visitors of Baabda Palace have recently quoted President Suleiman as saying that he will not visit Turkey except after receiving confirmed information about the possibility of freeing them or setting a date for that,” well-informed sources told the agency.