Change and Reform bloc MP Ghassan Mokheiber on Wednesday called for dealing “as soon as possible” with the issue of Lebanese detainees in Syrian prisons.
“Lebanese government institutions must tackle this issue and launch a new dialogue with Syrian authorities about it,” Mokheiber told the Free Lebanon radio station.
“Competition between parliamentary blocs to try [and resolve] the issue of detainees in Syrian jails is a positive thing,” he added.
Syria is reportedly still holding an undetermined number of Lebanese detainees taken into custody during Lebanon’s civil war period.
Since 2000, the Syrian government has quietly released at least a dozen prisoners.
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