Lebanon's rival politicians on Friday continued debating fate of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud with a said aim to end the country's worst political crisis, said informed sources.

The "national dialogue conference" at parliament began on Thursday with participation of pro- or anti-Syrian Muslim and Christian leaders.

At the meeting, anti-Syrian leaders, including assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri's son Saad and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, led a call for ousting President Lahoud.

But, pro-Syrian Hizbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun were against the removing, saying an agreement is needed on a successor of the president and his political program in case Lahoud chooses to resign voluntarily.

According to the informed sources, the politicians continued on Friday their talks on the presidency as well as a U.N. resolution demanding disarm of Shi'ite Muslim Hizbollah guerrillas and Palestinian fighters in Lebanon.

The talks under parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, would last for at least a week, they added.

Rafiq Hariri was assassinated in a truck bomb in February last year, which sparked massive street protests against Syria and its Lebanese allies, including President Lahoud.

Syrian troops had to withdraw from the Lebanese soil after 29- year presence in the small neighbor.

Source: Xinhua