Bambi just read that “Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos has said that Nicosia has completed preparations for potential evacuations of foreigners from Lebanon and Israel, amid fears of a potential escalation in the Middle East... The plan involves the organized evacuations of citizens via the Republic of Cyprus, followed by their transfer to destination countries, as part of the humanitarian assistance that we provided in 2006 and 2023” (https://t.ly/wVjbp).
Eighteen years have passed since the July 2006 war and the region is sadly still in the same storm, with innocent people potentially evacuated, via Cyprus, to other destinations.
When will innocent people live without having to be evacuated again and again?
When will all those playing war games, and flirting with fire, JUST stop?
Maybe the international community is working hard, behind the scenes, to prevent a wider escalation? If that is the case, best wishes to reason and hopefully to peace in this part of the world, including Lebanon.
The Lebanese republic is already slowly agonizing. It surely does not need a wider war with endless grief. Instead, it badly needs neutrality. And how about political resurrection and economic stability?
To conclude this brief post, Bambi thanks Cyprus for existing in the middle of the troubled Middle East. For those of you who are not familiar with geography, the beautiful island (republic) of Cyprus is just 25 minutes by air away from Beirut while being about 40 minutes by air from Tel Aviv.
Efkaristo Poly to Cyprus.