Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has said that his approach for dialogue to end the presidential vacuum is "known" by the ambassadors of the five-nation group for Lebanon.
"They've heard it from me several times: thank you for your efforts, cooperation and assistance, on the condition that you help us in what we want and choose, not in what you choose for us," al-Akhbar newspaper quoted Berri as saying.
"Is the dialogue I'm calling for a horrible crime?" Berri wondered.
Stressing that "only dialogue can activate the presidential file," the Speaker noted that an all-party dialogue would be "binding for everyone."
"This stance from Berri is a confirmation from him that there will be no presidential election session before reaching consensus on the presidential vote and the candidate," the newspaper said.
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