Defense Minister Elias Bou Saab said that dialogue would help deal with the Middle East challenges, stressing that it would prove more successful than sanctions.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa in Jordan, Bou Saab stressed the need to deal differently with Lebanon given that it is a "mosaic country", saying that the U.S. should reconsider its approach on Hezbollah and opt for dialogue with the group.

"I believe the policy on Lebanon with that regard is not going to be paying off," he said.

"Lebanese people know how to handle the situation internally without creating another civil war in Lebanon. No-one should or could be pressing us in one direction that may create instability in my country," he added.

"We are talking with the Americans. We are having dialogues with them and we are explaining the situation," Bou Saab noted. "Hezbollah they are Lebanese, they are part of the Lebanese community, the have mayors, they have elected members of the Parliament, they are in the government."