ERDOGAN MEETS MIKATI IN TURKEY

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the Office of the Presidency of the Republic at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul on Saturday.

During the meeting, President Erdogan stressed “the necessity of working to achieve a sustainable truce in Gaza and stopping military operations in preparation for moving to work to achieve sustainable peace.”

He said: “The country most affected by the Gaza war is Lebanon, and we hope that the truce will continue so that Lebanon will remain safe and calm.”

In turn, President Mikati said: ‘We are counting on the efforts of friendly countries to create a breach in the wall of the existing crisis and work to bring peace and return calm to southern Lebanon.’

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon