Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati held talks with Caretaker Minister of Environment, Nasser Yassine, whom he met at the Grand Serail on Thursday.

The pair discussed the current general situation and array of ministerial affairs.

Mikati later received MP Bilal Abdallah from the "Democratic Gathering" bloc, with talks touching on the general situation and the group's effort to break through the presidential stalemate.

MP Abdallah told reporters that he also discussed with the Prime Minister a law proposal aimed at raising the retirement age at the public administrations.

Mikati also met with a delegation of the "Depositors' Cry" group.