British Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher stressed on Wednesday the importance of preventing the Syrian crisis from spreading to Lebanon.

He said that the international community is facing this challenge and it is working on keeping the country away from the unrest.

The U.N. assistant secretary-general for political affairs warned Tuesday that Lebanon continues to faces security challenges due to the upheaval in Syria.

“The country continues to face challenges to its security and stability, partly due to the crisis in Syria,” Oscar Fernandez-Taranco told a U.N. Security Council session.

President Michel Suleiman expressed his relief on Tuesday over the judiciary’s rate in issuing verdicts.

He hoped after holding talks with Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi that these measures “would help ease prison overcrowding and resolve issues that had accumulated over the years.”

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel considered on Monday that the national dialogue between Lebanese foes eased the tense situation in the country.

“I expect that the results of the second round of the all-party talks will have a better impact locally,” Charbel told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3).

Any attempt by Hizbullah to keep the issue of its arms away from the proliferation of weapons in Lebanese cities and towns would lead to the obstruction of the national dialogue, centrist ministerial sources warned.

“It would be impossible to hold more dialogue (sessions) if the Hizbullah leadership insisted to take the (issue of) the resistance arms away from the equation of the weapons spread inside cities and outside,” the sources told pan-Arab daily al-Hayat published on Monday.

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz's funeral was held on Sunday with the participation of a number of Lebanese officials.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati took part in the service that was held at the Sacred Mosque in the holy city of Mecca.

Lebanese leaders mourned on Saturday the death of Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz who died after a battle with illness.

President Michel Suleiman and Speaker Nabih Berri expressed their condolences to Saudi King Abdullah and the Saudi people.

Speaker Nabih Berri said Saturday that Prime Minister Najib Miqati’s travel to Brazil and preparations for the next round of all-party talks prevented him from calling for a parliamentary session end of June.

In remarks to An Nahar newspaper, Berri said the session would be held instead in the first week of July.

The families of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims kidnapped in Syria last month held talks with President Michel Suleiman at Baabda palace on Friday, a meeting that An Nahar daily expected to witness a severe criticism against the government’s inability to secure their release.

The newspaper quoted members of the committee that visited Suleiman along with MPs Ali Ammar and Ghazi Zoaiter as saying the president will hear severe criticism over the government’s management of the file 24 days after the abduction of the men in the northern province of Aleppo by armed men.

Cabinet approved on Thursday a draft law allowing the government to obtain treasury loans pending the approval of the 2012 state budget, reported MTV.

Cabinet approved the extra-budgetary spending bill worth $6.8 billion, referring it to parliament in the form of an urgent bill, said LBC television.