Prime Minister Najib Miqati is expected to travel to Turkey on Saturday afternoon to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyib Erdogan

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati is expected to travel to Turkey on Saturday afternoon to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyib Erdogan, local media outlets reported.

It is said that he received an official invitation to head to Turkey by its Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu when he contacted him Friday to discuss the release of the Lebanese visitors who were kidnapped in Syria on Tuesday.

The Turkish official contacted Miqati on Friday to confirm that the released visitors are doing well.

The Lebanese visitors were expected to arrive in Lebanon from Turkey on Friday but logistic reasons have forced the delay, said Interior Minister Marwan Charbel.

The families of the released men issued a statement on Saturday condemning the delay, holding Turkey responsible for it.

They held it responsible for maintaining the visitors’ safety and “ensuring their safe return to Lebanon as soon as possible.”

They voiced their “complete trust in Speaker Nabih Berri and Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in guaranteeing their return.”

They also demanded that the international community perform its political, humanitarian, and social duties in ensuring their release.

Charbel had stated that the delay was caused by investigations the Turkish authorities are conducting with the visitors.

The Free Syrian Army has been accused of being behind the abduction, which occurred in Aleppo on Tuesday.

On Thursday, the rebel army said it was making "every effort" to locate and release the Lebanese men.

Conflicting reports had emerged on Friday about the exact timing of their arrival in Beirut and about whether or not they were handed over to Turkish authorities.

Lebanese officilas said that they were supposed to arrive in Beirut on Friday night.

Hezbollah and AMAL Movement issued a joint statement Friday confirming that the visitors are in good health and asking their families to return home and wait until morning for further news.

Meanwhile, local LBC television has quoted early Sunday Lebanese officials as saying that the abducted visitors are still inside the Syrian territories.

In the same context, Ahmed Ramadan, member of the opposition Syrian National Council, told local MTV channel on Friday that “the Lebanese abductees are still in Syria.”

“The fierce Syrian shelling on border areas is hindering the handing over of the abductees to Turkey,” MTV also reported.

The visitors are expected to be transported from Turkey to Lebanon on board Hariri's private jet.

Celebratory gunshots were fired in Dahiyeh region upon hearing the news of the release.

A public reception had been organized Friday at Beirut's airport highway to greet the released men.

The news on the released visitors were spread on the merry May 25, the day which is celebrated in Lebanon each year marking the Zionist withdrawal from southern Lebanon in the year 2000.