Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri received at his Ain Al Tineh residence on Monday, the United Nations' Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, and an accompanying delegation.

He later welcomed a delegation of the American Task Force for Lebanon (ATFL), chaired by Edward Gabriel, in the presence of US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea. Talks reportedly touched on the current general situation on the local scene.

Berri also met with a delegation of the Press Editors Syndicate, to whom he stressed that the political solution begins with the presidency of the republic.

He also stressed the necessity of electing a president who would talk to Syria about the border demarcation and the displaced crisis.

"We want a president capable of tackling the defense strategy, a president who believes in the Taif Agreement," he added.

"For all the aforementioned reasons, we have nominated Sleiman Frangieh," he said.