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Beirut: Arab League chief Amr Moussa brought feuding Lebanese parties together on Friday to try to agree on a new government and end a protracted political crisis.
However, a breakthrough seemed remote due to growing distrust between the ruling coalition and the Hezbollah-led opposition, fuelled by the killing of seven protesters allied to the opposition at a demonstration against power cuts last month.
Moussa brokered Friday's meeting between pro-Western governing coalition leader Saad Al Hariri and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun, in the first talks between the rival factions since mid-January.
While the rival factions have agreed on army chief General Michel Suleiman as president, he has not been confirmed as head of state because of a dispute over the shape of the new government.
A vote on the new president scheduled for Monday is unlikely to take place because of the continued wrangling.
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