Lebanese President Michel Sleiman and Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour held talks over the abduction of two Lebanese among seven foreigners in Nigeria.

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman and Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour held talks over the abduction of two Lebanese among seven foreigners in Nigeria.

Sleiman and Mansour tackled the efforts exerted in a bid to release the hostages: two Lebanese, two Syrians, a Greek, Italian, and British national.

Later on, a video posted online claims to show the bodies of at least some of the hostages believed killed by Islamist extremist group Ansaru.

The grainy and silent video posted on YouTube, appears to show at least four victims. The images match screenshots released at the weekend along with the claim that the hostages had been executed following their abduction last month.

For its part, Lebanese embassy in Nigeria said that the two Lebanese were not among the bodies shown in the video.

The 91-second video is titled in Arabic "the death of the seven Christian hostages in Nigeria," while an English statement announcing the executions is copied in below.

Britain, Italy and Greece on Sunday said that the claim by Ansaru that it had killed the seven foreign hostages appeared to be true, however there has been no confirmation from Nigerian authorities.

The foreigners were abducted from a construction site of Lebanese-owned company Setraco on February 16 in Bauchi state in Nigeria's north.

Nigerian police last month said the hostages were four Lebanese, one Briton, a Greek citizen and an Italian. A company official later said the Middle Eastern hostages included two Lebanese and two Syrians.