The Japanese Ambassador to Beirut, Takeshi Okobo, asked Lebanese President Michel Aoun during his meeting today for more cooperation in the case of the former president of the "Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Motors" coalition, Carlos Ghosn to avoid negative repercussions on the friendly relations between the two countries, while a media report revealed information New regarding details of Ghosn’s escape.

Aoun met the ambassador at Baabda Palace today with a delegation from the Japanese embassy in the presence of Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Salim Jreissati and Director General of General Security Major General Abbas Ibrahim, and the meeting dealt with Lebanese-Japanese relations and the issue of Lebanese businessman Carlos Ghosn, according to a statement issued by the Lebanese Presidency.

After the meeting, the Japanese ambassador said, "During the meeting, we raised the issue of Mr. Carlos Ghosn and expressed our views on it. We said that the government and people of Japan are very concerned about the issue of Carlos Ghosn, especially the way he got out of Japan and entered Lebanon."

Earlier today, the Minister of Justice of the Lebanese Caretaker Government, Albert Sarhan, said today that the Public Prosecution Office has received the red notice issued by the International Police (INTERPOL) against Ghosn.

Sarhan said in a statement that the Ministry of Justice has not yet received any file related to an arrest warrant issued by Japanese prosecutors against Ghosn's wife, Karol.

Ghosn was prevented from leaving Japan while awaiting trial on charges of financial wrongdoing he denies, yet he managed to escape at the end of the year, saying he had fled a "corrupt" judicial system.

Carlos Ghosn during his appearance before the Japanese judiciary (Al-Jazeera)

Escape and details
Ghosn was arrested in Japan in November 2018 on charges of financial crimes, and he was released on bail pending his trial, which was to begin this year.

This comes while a media report said that the Japanese authorities revealed that two Americans helped Ghosn to leave Japan, as the details of his trip began to appear.

And the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) quoted investigative sources - which it did not reveal - that Ghosn - who faced a trial in Japan for financial violations - left his home in Tokyo alone on the afternoon of December 29 and walked 800 meters to a hotel where He met two Americans.

The authority added that the Americans had arrived at Kansai International Airport in Osaka in the morning on a private plane coming from Dubai, and they landed in a nearby hotel with a large box and then boarded a high-speed train from Shin Osaka Station to Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.

She explained that Ghosn and the Americans boarded a crowded high-speed train from Shinagawa to Shin Osaka and arrived at the hotel at eight pm local time (11:00 GMT).

Two hours later, the two men left the hotel with two large boxes, while Ghosn was not seen.

The two large boxes - which were declared to be related to musical instruments - were not subject to an X-ray examination, and customs officials did not open them, and the plane heading to Turkey took off at 11:10 pm, according to local media, and Japanese authorities believe that Ghosn was hidden inside one of the boxes.

Ghosn, a Lebanese citizen, is scheduled to hold a press conference on Wednesday to present his account of these developments.