Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati heads to France on Thursday on a three-day visit to meet with senior officials amid a cabinet crisis locally.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati heads to France on Thursday on a three-day visit to meet with senior officials amid a cabinet crisis locally.

The premier will discuss with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, PM Francois Fillon, and Foreign Minister Alain Juppe the developments in the region and Lebanon, the future of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and bilateral relations, sources told local newspapers.

They noted that Miqati will tackle in Paris military aid to the army.

According to the sources, discussions will tackle the investigations on the attacks on a number of French soldiers in 2011.

10 French UNIFIL troops were injured in two separate roadside bomb attacks in 2011, one near Sidon in July, and one near Tyre in December.