ISTANBUL, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will go to Damascus on Monday to discuss with Syrian and Qatari leaders how to help prevent Lebanon sliding further into crisis, a Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
The 14-month-old unity government of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri collapsed on Wednesday after ministers from the Hezbollah movement and its allies quit.
Hariri visited Ankara on Friday to seek support from the Turkish prime minister, and is set to begin formal negotiations to form a new government in Lebanon on Monday.
Turkey, like other countries in the region, fears instability in Lebanon could have consequences in the wider region. (Reporting by Ece Toksabay; Writing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
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