Army Commander General Rodolph Haykal has told Speaker Nabih Berri that he does not want to clash with Hezbollah, in a meeting Tuesday at Ain el-Tineh, pro-Hezbollah al-Akhbar newpaper reported.

Al-Akhbar said Wednesday that it has learned from prominent sources that the meeting with Berri was "positive" and that Haykal has told both Berri and Hezbollah that Hezbollah's disarmament requires dialogue and understanding and that the disarmament plan "cannot be implemented by force."

Iran's Supreme National Security Council chief Ali Larijani advised the Lebanese to preserve the resistance and accused the United States of "ordering" the Lebanese government to implement "a foreign plan", as he met Wednesday with President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

Larijani's visit to Lebanon comes after the Lebanese government ordered the army to devise plans to disarm Hezbollah.

President Joseph Aoun told Iran's visiting security chief on Wednesday that he rejected any interference in the country's internal affairs, branding as "unconstructive" Iran's statements on plans to disarm Hezbollah.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has stressed that “Iran is a friend of Lebanon and will remain so based on its active role in the region.”

Iran's top security chief vowed in Lebanon on Wednesday that his government would continue to provide support, after the Lebanese government ordered the army to devise a plan to disarm Tehran-backed Hezbollah.

Ali Larijani's trip to Lebanon comes after Iran expressed opposition to a government plan to disarm Hezbollah, which before a war with Israel last year was believed to be better armed than the Lebanese military.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil stressed Tuesday that “any arms outside the state are illegitimate,” adding that “the Movement adopts a clear stance on the inevitability of restricting arms and their command to the state alone without any partnership or interference.”

President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday stressed that the state will carry on with its latest decision on arms monopolization.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has said that the resignation of the ministers of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement is out of the question, noting that “the sensitivity of the extraordinary situations that Lebanon is going through requires all parties to show the highest levels of responsibility and prudence.”

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday said the Lebanese government should “seriously think of calling for Arab League and Gulf Cooperation Council urgent sessions to discuss the issue of the Iranian threat to Lebanon,” in the wake of a flurry of stances by Iranian officials over the issue of Hezbollah’s disarmament.

The deputy head of Hezbollah’s political council, Mahmoud Qmati, said Monday that “the Lebanese government will not be able to remove Hezbollah’s arms.”