Turkish FM to Visit Lebanon Tuesday

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is to visit Lebanon next Tuesday as an affirmation of Turkey’s support for the Lebanese government, al-Joumhouria newspaper said Friday.

Al-Joumhouria added that Çavuşoğlu, coming from Iran, will meet with top Lebanese leaders and convey to Prime Minister Najib Miqati an invitation from Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to travel to Ankara, on an official visit.

Starting Wednesday, Çavuşoğlu will open a number of projects executed by a Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency, Tika, most notably two solar energy projects in Dbaye and Tripoli, media reports said.