Foreign minister’s Lebanon mission seen clarified by end of week

It should be clear by the end of the week when Minister of Foreign Affairs Lubomír Zaorálek will go to Lebanon in connection with the five missing Czechs. Ministry spokeswoman Michaela Lagronová gave the details Wednesday after a meeting of the crisis committee dealing with the case, the CTK news agency reported. Foreign ministry and intelligence experts are still assessing the latest details of the Czechs who went missing more than a week ago near the Syrian border, she said. Two Czech intelligence staff are already in Lebanon tracking the efforts of their local counterparts. The foreign minister admitted last week that no approaches from possible kidnappers had been received.

Author: Chris Johnstone