BEIRUT - Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul and his wife Hayrunisa Gul paid a visit of condolence on Thursday to family of Rafik Hariri, former Prime Minister of Lebanon who was assassinated last Monday.
Gul met Hariri's wife Nazik Hariri and his son Sadettin Hariri, and offered his condolences.
He expressed profound sorrow over assassination of Hariri.
Hariri, 60, had been a leading figure in Lebanon's reconstruction in the aftermath of that country's long and devastating civil war and was appointed prime minister five times.
He was killed along with 16 others in a massive bomb explosion in Beirut on February 14th.