Hariri Meets Davutoglu a Day after Meeting Erdogan

Al-Mustaqbal movement chief MP Saad Hariri held a meeting on Saturday with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu where talks focused on the developments in the region and Lebanon, his media office reported.

After the meeting Hariri said: “We discussed the situation in Lebanon and the region particularly the violations of the recent armistice agreement in Syria. There is no doubt that everyone is on alert at this stage.”

He then added: “Davutoglu will visit Lebanon soon as part of a tour to the region and as a show of support for Lebanon.”

The meeting took place at the Ataturk Airport in the presence of Deputy PM of Turkey, Ministers of Education and Health and Hariri's Advisor Ghattas Khoury.

Talks focused on the situation in Lebanon and the region. It also completed talks that Hariri started a day earlier with Turkish President Recep Tayyib Edogan.

On Friday Hariri met with Erdogan in Istanbul and talks highlighted Ankara's role in the region and Iran's “negative” one.

He said: “We seek good ties with Tehran, but its negative meddling in the affairs of the countries of the region are preventing us from achieving this goal.”

“We believe that Turkey can play a major role in reaching stability in the region,” he added.

Hariri explained to Erdogan the ongoing vacuum in the presidency and stressed that the country is suffering because of the large number of refugees.

Erdogan explained that his country is also tolerating the burden of refugees.

“We therefore agreed to cooperate to push the international community to assist us more in this issue,” Hariri revealed.

The MP had traveled to Turkey late Thursday night.