A Turkish foreign ministry delegation, accompanied by 40 Turkish soldiers and group of experts, which will be conducting intelligence gathering in the south, arrived in Lebanon Tuesday as part of the forces Turkey is providing to the United Nations peacekeeping mission. The delegation met with the Lebanese Defense Minister and discussed issues related to the peacekeeping effort. French soldiers also arrived in Lebanon. They will be followed by troops from Spain, whose foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos visited Lebanon and met with government officials there. Also visiting Lebanon was Italian Defense minister Arturo Perezzi, who was accompanied by the commander of Italian Armed Forces, reports the Beirut-based Aztag.