Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said Monday that Syria does not recognize the existence of missing Lebanese in Syrian jails.
He was commenting on a report published Monday by the daily Al-Liwaa in which it said Syria has admitted it was holding 800 missing Lebanese.
Najjar said the issue has been tackled during talks on Sunday between Syria a Lebanese delegation headed by PM Saad Hariri.
"Reports that the Syrian side admitted the existence of a number of Lebanese detainees are not true," Najjar told Future News television channel.
He acknowledged, however, that the Syrian side raised the issue of 1,000 missing Syrians in Lebanon.
