The ministerial committee holds it fourth meeting on Monday amid reports that the new cabinet policy statement would be ready in two days.
The meeting would tackle sensitive issues such as the defense strategy and Lebanese-Syrian relations, An Nahar daily reported.
It expected the committee to finalize its work by Tuesday evening.
Premier Fouad Saniora told the newspaper that "things" were on the right track, adding there were "improvements." However, he refused to set a date for the issuing of the government”s policy statement.
Speaker Nabih Berri, meanwhile, told As Safir daily that there was no excuse for any delay in drafting the policy statement, adding that "every minute lost has its price."
An Nahar said that committee members were determined to settle all controversial issues to prevent discussing them during the national dialogue that would be launched by President Michel Suleiman at a later date.
It said however that if agreement wasn”t reached on such matters, then the policy statement would clearly mention the need for tackling the controversial issues during the national dialogue.
The daily al-Akhbar said Monday that the new policy statement would be similar to previous ones regarding economic and social issues but would have new clauses on the displaced, Lebanese-Syrian ties and Hizbullah”s weapons.