President Michel Suleiman discussed with Hizbullah's state minister for parliamentary affairs Mohammed Fneish the latest developments concerning the cabinet's policy statement and the Israeli raid that targeted one of the party's posts in the Bekaa town of Janta.

Suleiman voiced hope that the ministerial panel tasked with drafting a policy statement should swiftly reach an agreement over disputed issues to prevent further delay in the parliament's confidence vote, An Nahar newspaper reported.

President Michel Suleiman noted Thursday that "those who are currently objecting" against the Baabda Declaration "will start calling for its implementation in the future,” stressing that he would leave office even if the presidential vote was not held on time.

“Believe me, those who are currently objecting against the Declaration will start calling for its implementation later on,” Suleiman said in an interview with the al-Nashra magazine that is published by the Beirut Bar Association.

President Michel Suleiman noted that the Baabda Declaration has become a national charter after it was unanimously adopted at the national dialogue in June 2012, reported An Nahar daily on Thursday.

He told his visitors on Wednesday: “The Declaration is more significant politically than the new government policy statement.”

President Michel Suleiman has ordered that the necessary measures be taken in order to file a complaint to the United Nations Security Council over Israel's strike against a Hizbullah position on Monday.

He tasked Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil to gather all available information on the strike ahead of filing the complaint.

President Michel Suleiman will not “stand as an obstacle” should the committee tasked with devising a government policy statement succeed in its mission, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Wednesday.

To that end the president has reportedly abandoned his insistence to include the Baabda Declaration in the statement.

President Michel Suleiman hoped on Tuesday that a government policy statement will be approved before March 5.

He hoped that the statement will be approved and granted parliament's vote of confidence ahead of the International Support Group on Lebanon's meeting in Paris set for March 5 and 6.

President Michel Suleiman has emphasized to his visitors on Monday the need to include the Baabda Declaration in the new government's policy statement, reported the daily al-Joumhouria on Tuesday.

Widely informed sources told the daily that Suleiman will not, “under any circumstances,” accept the elimination of the Baabda Declaration from the statement.

President Michel Suleiman urged on Monday the Lebanese to be aware amid the critical stage the country is passing through.

The president also called for solidarity among the Lebanese in order to confront the terrorist plots targeting innocent people and that aim at destabilizing the country.

Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji stressed on Monday that the military is determined to prevent the war ongoing in the neighboring country Syria from engulfing Lebanon.

Qahwaji expressed optimism over the future, pointing out that his visit to the Italian capital Rome is to tackle the bilateral ties between the army of the two countries, in particular ahead of a conference set to be held in Italy to support the capabilities of the Lebanese Armed Forces.

President Michel Suleiman offered his condolences on Sunday to the victims of Saturday's bombing in the Bekaa region of Hermel.

He said: “The army has become the main target of terrorist attacks.”