Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri received on Monday at the Center House the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag, Hairir’s press office said.

After the meeting Kaag said: “I started a round of meetings. We are talking about the follow up to the CEDRE conference. The Netherlands has contributed with 200 million euro of grants with a 100 million euro to follow the reforms the new government will undertake.”

Despite political bickering between the Lebanese Forces and Free Patriotic Movement over Cabinet shares that has eventually shaken a landmark agreement between the two, LF chief Samir Geagea stressed that his party “adheres” to the agreement and will do everything that can be done to save it, An Nahar daily reported on Monday.

“I do not agree with the fall of Maarab agreement although I sense the enormity of what happened in the last four days. It is very unfortunate and reflected negatively not only on the Christian situation, but also on the country which needs efforts be put together instead of dispersing them,” Geagea told An Nahar.

Bringing the “confidential” Maarab agreement between the Lebanese Forces and Free Patriotic Movement to the media spotlight means one of the parties has failed to respect the agreement terms.

A source following up closely on the LF-FPM relations, told Saudi al-Hayat daily on condition of anonymity on Sunday that “leaking” the agreement leads to three conclusions:

The outbreak of dispute between the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces after the “fall” of the Maarab Agreement “eliminated all hope on the possibility of forming the country’s government anytime soon,” Kuwait’s As-Siyasah newspaper reported on Sunday.

The report published by the daily came after the LF leaked the highly confidential Maarab Agreement between the two parties to the media.

President Michel Aoun assured that the State is “not on the brink of bankruptcy” despite the difficult economic and financial conditions it is facing, noting that the Cabinet formation will respect the outcome of parliamentary elections in terms of party sizes, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.

In spite of attempts aiming at facilitating the formation of the new Cabinet, the process still faces obstacles in light of wrangling between political parties over Cabinet shares and political bickering between the Lebanese Forces and Free Patriotic Movement.

Lebanon’s security agencies and several government and private institutions have reportedly been subject to hackers stealing and selling "data" to parties still identified by the Intelligence Branch of the Internal Security Forces which opened “confidential” investigation into the file, al-Akhbar daily reported on Friday.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea hailed Lebanon’s banking sector saying “it is what’s keeping Lebanon’s economy standing” in light of the crises the country is facing, the National News Agency reported on Thursday,

The Kataeb party said the delay in the formation of Lebanon’s Cabinet has a negative impact on the refugees crisis and urged for a “Russian mediation” between the Lebanese and Syrian governments in order to repatriate the displaced, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday,

The Lebanese Forces are not “willing to bargain or waiver” any of their demands for Cabinet seats and they insist on proper representation based on their success in the parliamentary elections, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

LF sources told the daily: “The party adheres to the outcome of the (May parliamentary) elections,” noting that voters have placed their trust in the LF which they in turn must not waiver.