BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri and opposition speaker Nabih Berri met overnight for their second round of crisis talks in as many days, the official NNA news agency said Saturday.

The two men discussed ways out of the crisis that has paralysed the government's legislative programme since November, a brief dispatch said without elaborating.

The two men had met on Thursday night for their first talks since the crisis erupted with the resignation of six pro-Syrian ministers from the cabinet last year.

After that encounter, both men issued identical statements, saying the meeting was "positive and identified points of convergence that require further consultation and discussions between the two parties."

Shiite militant group Hezbollah, which has been spearheading opposition efforts to bring down the rump anti-Syrian cabinet of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, said it supported the crisis talks.

"The opposition is looking for a compromise that will strengthen national unity," Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Friday evening, shortly before the second meeting.

"We accept compromise, we accept and support the dialogue launched last night." -AFP