President Michel Suleiman's office has sent out letters inviting the political parties to the national dialogue scheduled to start Sept. 16. The invitations, however, were not entirely completed, pending Armenian agreement on who would represent them in the talks.

News reports on Sunday said no invitation has been sent to any Armenian official until they agree on a representative.

Preparations were underway for the re-launch of dialogue which will take place at 11 am on Tuesday at Baabda Palace.

Invitations were sent to the leaders of Lebanon's 14 political parties only and not to their aides, unlike the previous dialogue which was launched in March 2006 but was interrupted five months later following Israel's summer war on Lebanon.