BEIRUT - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is currently in Beirut upon formal invitation of Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, visited on Wednesday the family of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Erdogan offered his condolences to Hariri's wife and children.
He also visited the grave of Hariri.
Hariri 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.