President Michel Suleiman on Tuesday set Sept. 16 as the date for the launching of the national dialogue.

"I invite those who signed the Doha Agreement ... to come meet here in Baabda on Septemeber 16, 2008 at 11:00am," Suleiman said at an Iftar dinner he hosted for political and religious leaders.

Warring Lebanese leaders ended an 18-month-long political crisis with an agreement in the Qatari capital of Doha on May 21.

The agreement led to Suleiman's election and the formation of a national unity cabinet.

The Doha Accord called for conducting national dialogue to be held under the auspices of the president.

The national dialogue was interrupted by Israel's 2006 war on Lebanon. All key political leaders held several meetings in hopes of achieving political reconciliation.