Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday reassured that he “will not allow anything that jeopardizes stability and the unity of Lebanon and the Lebanese,” a day after his supporters blocked roads and staged a violent demo outside the Free Patriotic Movement's headquarters in protest at leaked remarks by FPM chief Jebran Bassil.

Berri also stressed the “importance” of the upcoming parliamentary elections and noted that the vote will be held on time.

Visiting German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier inspected on Tuesday the UNIFIL naval peacekeeping forces in the port of Beirut, the State-run National News Agency reported.

Lebanon's political atmospheres tensed up following remarks made by Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil about Speaker Nabih Berri, which “will reflect negatively on the Presidential term and government” amid unconfirmed chances that AMAL ministers “might resign from the Cabinet,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.

Ain el-Tineh sources (residence of AMAL Movement and Speaker Berri) told the daily: “Shall a settlement be reached it must be based on new rules. Former equations have fallen,” they said, referring to a fragile media truce between AMAL and the Free Patriotic Movement led by Bassil.

The Free Patriotic Movement stressed on Tuesday that its leader “will not apologize” for remarks he made about Speaker Nabih Berri, as sources close to the Speaker assured that absence of a “public apology” means “there is no government or (President Michel Aoun's) term,” al-Akhbar daily reported on Tuesday,

FPM head and Foreign “Minister Jebran Bassil will not apologize, he would only express regret as he announced through al-Akhbar on Monday,” the daily quoted unnamed FPM sources as saying.

President Michel Aoun held talks Monday in Baabda with visiting German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Supporters of AMAL Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement on Monday accused each other of firing arms in Sin el-Fil's Mirna Chalouhi area, as an FPM official said guards fired in the air to defend FPM's headquarters after it was attacked by AMAL protesters.

Hizbullah on Monday said it “categorically rejects” Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil's leaked remarks about Speaker Nabih Berri.

“We categorically reject the insulting remarks against His Excellency, the Parliament Speaker and brother Mr. Nabih Berri... We reject any insult against him wherever it may come from,” Hizbullah, which is allied with both Berri and Bassil, said in a statement.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on Monday urged Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil to show “courage” and apologize to the Lebanese people over leaked remarks against Speaker Nabih Berri.

Speaking to reporters after meeting the Speaker in Ain el-Tineh, Mashnouq said Bassil's remarks should be followed by “an apology to the Lebanese.”

The AMAL Movement on Monday issued a stern warning over Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil's leaked remarks against Speaker Nabih Berri.

“Bassil's remarks are an open call for strife,” the movement warned in a statement.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed on Monday that strenuous efforts will be exerted on his part to calm the political rhetoric in the country, the National News Agency said.

“Lebanon does not need more escalation, I will do everything in my capacity to appease the situation,” said Hariri after meeting President Michel Aoun at the Presidential Palace in Baabda.