President Michel Suleiman has said he would reveal over the weekend important details on efforts he is exerting along with the International Support Group for Lebanon to resolve Lebanon's political crisis.

“Something will happen in the New Year, the result of the efforts exerted by the International Support Group for Lebanon that was born in New York on the sidelines of the General Assembly session,” Suleiman said in remarks to An Nahar daily published on Monday.

The Prime Minister-designate has “no comments” on Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's latest statement on the formation of the council of ministers, sources close to Tammam Salam told al-Manar television on Saturday.

Salam had met earlier in the day with President Michel Suleiman at Baabda palace to discuss the ongoing consultations over the cabinet's formation.

A visiting European delegation stressed on Saturday the importance of forming a cabinet capable of overseeing the upcoming Presidential elections and called on political foes to abide by the dissociation policy to safeguard the country.

“We are concerned with maintaining stability in the country and we urge the formation of a government that would be capable of overseeing next year's parliamentary elections and the upcoming presidential elections,” Elmar Brok, chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, told reporters after talks with Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati at the Grand Serail.

Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi stated that the Lebanese government can be held “partially” responsible for the developments in his country, reported al-Akhbar newspaper on Saturday.

He told the daily: “The Lebanese government has interfered in Syrian internal affairs.”

Lebanese officials warned against Israel taking any “unilateral” steps in demarcating its maritime border in the areas near Lebanon, reported As Safir newspaper on Saturday.

Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth daily said that Israel is seeking to demarcate the maritime border in the area disputed with Lebanon through a draft law that will be proposed at the Knesset.

Claims that efforts are being made to form a de factor government are nothing but speculation, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

Baabda Palace sources told the daily that President Michel Suleiman “knows that he cannot form such a cabinet because Lebanon cannot tolerate it.”

The ongoing political deadlock destabilized the ties between President Michel Suleiman and al-Mustaqbal movement, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Friday.

According to the daily, tension escalated between Suleiman and head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MP Fouad Saniora after the President voiced consensus over the formation of a cabinet based on 6-9-9 formula, which enraged al-Mustaqbal movement.

Speaker Nabih Berri said that President Michel Suleiman has not discussed with him about the extension of his mandate, expressing confidence on the formation of a new cabinet before the end of his term.

Several local dailies quoted Berri as saying on Friday that he hadn't heard or received a signal from Suleiman that he is after the extension of his six-year mandate, which expires in May next year.

The March 14 alliance is mulling the possibility of taking several steps to approach the west and the Islamic Republic of Iran to explain its point of view regarding the latest developments in the region and the nuclear deal reached in Geneva.

According to An Nahar newspaper published on Thursday, the coalition is seeking to contact Iran and the west concerning the situation in Lebanon and the Arab world and the dangerous impact it would have on the country and the results of the ongoing involvement of Hizbullah in the battles in war-torn Syria.

Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam is holding talks with various parliamentary blocs to bridge the gap between the rival parties and end the political stalemate in the country.

Al-Liwaa newspaper reported on Thursday that Salam and President Michel Suleiman are seeking the formation of a neutral cabinet to avoid vacuum if a political government wasn't formed ahead of February.