Mikati calls Syrian PM, asks for talks with Syria delegation to Arab Summit

Direct communication has taken place for the first time between caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the Syrian government, after ministers and security chiefs used to be in charge of such contacts in recent years.

In a Facebook post, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s adviser Luna al-Shebel revealed that Syrian Prime Minister Hussein Arnous has received several phone calls from Mikati.

“It was agreed to hold a meeting between him (Mikati) and the delegation that will accompany President Bashar al-Assad to the Arab Summit that will be held in Manama to discuss several matters that concern the peoples of the two countries,” al-Shebel added.

The development comes amid controversy in Lebanon over the presence of Syrian refugees and economic migrants in the country.