Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim affirmed on Friday during talks with President Michel Aoun there is no travel advisory against Lebanon, the National News Agency reported.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said that any citizen has the right to be surprised by the lack of agreement on forming the government, at a time when everyone is aware of the negative impact of the delay, Hariri's press office said on Friday.

Amid the escalating war of words between the Progressive Socialist Party and Free Patriotic Movement, the PSP stressed on Friday that a so-called “Druze obstacle” was “fabricated” by some in order to eliminate the “sweeping victory” of the party in the general elections, al-Joumhouria daily reported.

Speaker Nabih Berri has called for a meeting of the Parliament on July 17 to elect members and heads of the parliamentary committees, MP Ali Bazzi said after the weekly meeting of MPs with Berri in Ain el-Tineh.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea urged political parties to meet Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri halfway in his quest to form a new government.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri’s faces a tough task to lineup a new government in light of “inflexible” stances of political parties and their wrangling over Cabinet shares and ministerial portfolios.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Tuesday urged political parties to “rise above disputes for the sake of the country's economy and stability,” as he warned against “encroaching on the jurisdiction of the prime minister.”

“I do not accept encroachment on the jurisdiction of the prime minister, the president or the parliament speaker, and I will not allow such an attempt at all,” said Hariri after talks with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh.

Following Jumblat’s remarks on reasons that inflated Lebanon’s deficit, MP George Atallah, of the Strong Lebanon parliamentary bloc, replied lashing out at Jumblat and blaming him for “squandering public funds” when the Ministry of Displaced was led by PSP ministers, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Delay in forming Lebanon’s government was reportedly described by Speaker Nabih Berri as “unjustified and detesting,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.

Contacts have gained momentum between Lebanon’s senior officials in a bid to address several pressing issues mainly the delay in Cabinet formation after the Premier and Speaker’s return from their vacations abroad, media reports said Tuesday.