President Michel Suleiman has on Friday reportedly launched his first valuable initiative which sought to bring together Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri in a bid to defuse the long-running power struggle.

The daily Al Mustaqbal said Suleiman was counting on the positive atmosphere that emerged following Nasrallah's Wednesday press conference in which he extended a conciliatory hand to the pro-government camp.

It quoted well-informed sources as saying that Suleiman talked to Hariri about his initiative during their meeting on Tuesday.

They said Suleiman also raised the issue with Nasrallah's political advisor Hajj Hussein al-Khalil during a similar meeting at the presidential palace in suburban Baabda.

Al Mustaqbal quoted Hariri as telling visitors that he "cannot reject any initiative launched by President Suleiman."