Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called on the new government to “work as a unified national team that reflects the state’s unity.”

He added that the government must “halt the deterioration and confront the incessant attempts to undermine the state and harm its democratic system.”

Lebanese Ambassador to the U.N. Amal Mudallali has filed a memo to U.N. chief Antonio Guterres and Security Council President Geraldine Byrne Nason over the reports that Israel has granted the Halliburton company contracts to drill gas and oil wells in a disputed offshore area.

In the memo, filed at the instructions of Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, Lebanon asks the Security Council to “verify that the drilling works do not lie in an area disputed by Lebanon and Israel, in order to avoid any infringement on the rights and sovereignty of Lebanon.”

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Ahmed Al Mandhari have issued a joint statement on their visit to Lebanon this week.

“We have just concluded a two-day visit to Beirut, Lebanon to reiterate our commitment to the people of Lebanon and express our solidarity and continued support,” the statement said.

The Lebanese company that owns the ammonium nitrate quantity that has been seized in the Bekaa has said that the fertilizer was intended for agricultural use.

"One of our employees informed the relevant authorities that we have ammonium nitrate, so they raided the warehouses on Friday," one of the company heads told French news agency AFP on condition of anonymity.

Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi on Saturday inspected a truck carrying 20 tons of ammonium nitrate in the Bidnayel Plain in the Bekaa after it had been seized in Baalbek, the National News Agency said.

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka has held separate meetings with Prime Minister Najib Miqati, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jordanian Ambassador to Lebanon Walid al-Hadid.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati thanked Friday the Iraqi government "for supporting Lebanon in these difficult circumstances,” the National News Agency said.

Miqati’s statement came after he was briefed by the Minister of Energy Walid Fayyad about the procedures for the arrival of the first Iraqi fuel ship to the Deir Amar electrical plant.

Former public works minister Youssef Fenianos on Friday lamented what he called “great injustice” against him after an in-absentia arrest warrant was issued for him in the Beirut port blast case.

In a statement, Fenianos said the lead investigative judge, Tarek Bitar, did not implement “the proper legal measures,” referring to the preliminary objections that were dismissed by the judge.

Head of the Free Patriotic Movement Jebran Bassil tweeted that it took “15 years of struggle” to endorse the principle of forensic audit and “a fierce war of 20 months” to sign the contract.

He added in his tweet Friday that “only the implementation is left.”

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called Friday for a plenary session to discuss the ministerial policy statement and to vote on granting confidence to the new government.

The session will be held on Monday morning at 11 am and on the evening of the same day at the UNESCO Palace.