Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as well as Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Druze leader Walid Jumblat have called for calm.

"Calm ... is a national interest under which serious dialogue can be conducted," Nasrallah said in remarks published by several Beirut dailies on Wednesday.

He warned that the ongoing tense situation would "sabotage dialogue and obstruct the work of the government."

Druze leader Walid Jumblat, for his part, called for calm, saying "tense situations cannot be dealt with tension."

Meanwhile, visitors quoted Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri as expressing his commitment to support all national consensus efforts.