Hezbollah welcomed the Arab League decision but insisted that the delegation must be neutral.
"We ask the Arabs not to favor one party over another," Hezbollah deputy chief Hussein Khalil told a news conference.
The ruling majority said in a statement that it was willing to negotiate but not under the gun.
The international "Friends of Lebanon" group called for an immediate end to the violence and for a long-delayed presidential election to be held with no pre-conditions.
"We call for the immediate cessation of fighting, the withdrawal of gunmen from the streets, the unblocking of roads and the reopening of Beirut International Airport," the group said in a statement issued at the UN.
Lebanon's political standoff, which erupted in November 2006 when six pro-Syrian ministers quit, has left it without a president since November, when Damascus protege Emile Lahoud's term ended.
A parliament vote scheduled for yesterday to elect a new president was canceled because of the latest unrest and a new date of June 10 was set.
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