Turkish President Erdoğan hosts Lebanese PM Mikati in Ankara to discuss regional issues, instability

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urges the international community to exert pressure on Israel to comply with the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon.

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00:00Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati in the

00:06Turkish capital Ankara.

00:09The leaders held a meeting to discuss their bilateral ties, as well as the ongoing regional

00:13crises.

00:14Mikati says the situation on the ground is dire, with the country still suffering repercussions

00:20of months of Israeli attacks.

00:23The Lebanese premier says the ceasefire agreement between his country and Israel was meant to

00:27offer some respect and initiate the healing process.

00:31But Mikati notes that Israel is preventing Beirut from doing so.

00:35This drug is directly linked to military misfortune through the daily violations of the Israeli

00:47enemy.

00:48This is contrary to the ceasefire agreements.

00:54Erdogan called on the international community to exert pressure on Israel to comply with

00:59the ceasefire agreement.

01:01He's also expressed Turkey's commitment to protecting Syria's territory following the

01:05dramatic downfall of President Bashar al-Assad.

01:09The comment is likely directed at Israel, who've recently occupied a buffer zone in

01:13the annexed Golan Heights.

01:39Mikati hailed Ankara's pivotal role in ensuring the region's stability and agreed with Erdogan's

01:44position.

01:46The Lebanese leader says his government will work with Syria in aims of establishing ties

01:50based on mutual respect and good neighborliness.

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