Mikati meets Erdogan in Turkey

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met Wednesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara and reportedly discussed with him the latest developments in Syria and south Lebanon.

Mikati was accompanied by a ministerial delegation, the Lebanese Army representative, and Lebanon's ambassador to Turkey.

"He will discuss in Turkey the land demarcation between Lebanon and Syria after al-Assad's ouster," al-Jadeed had reported, while al-Joumhouria newspaper learned from a ministerial source that Mikati will discuss with Erdogan "the future of the Syrian-Lebanese relations" and the fate of the Lebanese missing in Syria's prions.

Since a Lebanese man, who was missing for 40 years, was freed by Syrian rebels from a prison in Hama last week, many Lebanese families are demanding to know the fate of their loved ones who are thought to be detained in Syrian prisons since Lebanon's civil war when Syrian troops were in Lebanon.

Mikati will also discuss with Turkish leaders the developments in south Lebanon after a ceasefire agreement was reached in late November, al-Joumhouria said.