By Mirella Hodeib, Ren Ke BEIRUT, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Monday that he was disappointed by Syria's issuing of arrest warrants against 33 individuals, who allegedly misled investigations into the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. During the cabinet session on Monday, Hariri told the ministers that he had hoped progress so far achieved on the level of bilateral ties between Lebanon and Syria would have prevented the issuing of such warrants, but he stressed that he will continue to work towards building 'excellent ties with Syria'. Hariri's words came one day after the Syrian judiciary issued arrest warrants against 33 persons who were accused of providing false testimonies involving Syria and its allies in Lebanon in the February 2005 Hariri murder. The arrest warrants came in the lawsuit filed by Lebanese former security chief Jamil al- Sayyed. The warrants targeted prominent members of the Hariri team, including Lebanon's State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza and the country's police chief Ashraf Rifi. Sayyed also told the local New TV on Monday that Saad Hariri himself could eventually be among those named in arrest warrants issued from the Syrian judiciary. A Hezbollah-backed Shiite general, Sayyed with three other generals was detained in 2005 for allegedly being involved in Hariri's killing, but was released in 2009 due to lack of evidence. Lebanon's rivalry political groups are now engaging in an intense word war against each other, as the parliamentary minority, Hezbollah-led March 8 Alliance accused the majority western- backed March 14 Alliance of misleading investigation work of Hariri's case with 'false witnesses', who linked Sayyed to the assassination. Sayyed resorted to Syrian judiciary in October because at least six of the defendants are Syrian and after both the Lebanese judiciary and later on the U.N.-backed tribunal -- Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) -- refused to look into the case of false witnesses. Hariri's murder has been widely blamed on Syria and its ally Shiite armed group Hezbollah, but both constantly denied involvement. However, in the past year, the Lebanese Prime Minister attempted to improve his ties with Syria. He visited Damascus after forming a government last December, and earlier last month he told the Saudi daily Asharq al-Awsat that it was a mistake to accuse Syria of killing his father. Lebanon's Central News Agency quoted sources close to Hariri as saying that the warrants constituted a 'political message from Syria to Hariri.' The sources added that Hariri will side with members of his team and other individuals close to him, who were targeted by the Syrian warrants. A member of Hariri's coalition MP Ahmad Fatfat described the arrest warrants as 'surprising,' adding that they came at a 'very critical timing.' 'The warrants were issued one day prior to a cabinet session meant to discuss the issue of false witnesses,' Fatfat told Xinhua on Monday, adding that the warrants dealt a blow to the Lebanese judiciary. Monday's Cabinet session headed by Hariri did not touch upon the controversial issues of the 'false witnesses' and the funding for STL probing the Hariri's assassination. The case was scheduled to be discussed in Monday's cabinet session, however, sources close to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said last week that discussing the article on the tribunal funding will be dropped until calm is restored in the country, adding that the president was waiting for his contacts with power brokers Syria and Saudi Arabia to bear fruit. Fatfat, meanwhile, said there were people in Syria that opposed the upgrading of bilateral ties between the two neighbor countries. Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Ali, however, said on Monday that the arrest warrants were a strictly legal issue that would not affect bilateral ties. '(Prime Minister) Hariri is aware of this,' he added, 'Our relations will continue and dialogue too.' A Lebanese judicial source who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua on Monday that it was unlikely that the Lebanese judiciary take into consideration the arrest warrants since the Hariri assassination happened on Lebanese territory. 