The first meeting of the new Lebanese President with Christodoulides – “Count on us, we are brothers”

The President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides held a gathering contiguous (10/1) with the recently elected President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, successful Beirut, conscionable hours aft his election.

The gathering was the archetypal betwixt the Lebanese president and a person of different authorities which of people has symbolic and of substantive significance.

For President Christodoulides, it is simply a continuation of the contacts helium has held successful caller days with leaders of states successful the region. Yesterday, Thursday, helium met with the President of Israel and the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, portion the time earlier yesterday, Wednesday, helium was successful Cairo and had a gathering with the President of Egypt successful the model of the trilateral gathering successful which Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis participated.

Addressing the Lebanese president, Nikos Christodoulides said that Cyprus is geographically the closest neighbour.

He congratulated Joseph Aoun connected his predetermination to the presidency, saying that helium is determination to enactment unneurotic so that Cyprus and the EU enactment the country.

“Before the sojourn I spoke with President Macron and the President of the Commission. We privation to specify steps for EU enactment arsenic soon arsenic possible,” helium said to add: “We privation to scope a strategical and broad statement connected this arsenic soon arsenic possible.”

At the aforesaid time, erstwhile conditions allow, President Christodoulides said, “I invitation you to Brussels to the European Council, I volition organise meetings with the 27 leaders and the President of the Commission to contiguous your imaginativeness for the state and connected January 1, 2026, erstwhile Cyprus takes implicit the presidency, we volition bash thing specifically for Lebanon.”

“You tin number connected us, we are brothers,” President Christodoulides said among different things.

In addition, during the meeting, issues concerning bilateral practice successful the fields of energy, security, commercialized and shipping were discussed, portion accent was placed connected the communal challenges successful the Eastern Mediterranean and the request to efficaciously code them, with coordination of actions, some astatine bilateral level and done the mechanics of trilateral meetings and determination cooperation.

President Christodoulides expressed Cyprus’ steadfast enactment to Lebanon’s efforts to fortify the country’s stableness and economical recovery, portion the Lebanese President expressed gratitude for the continued enactment of the Republic of Cyprus. At the aforesaid time, helium noted his willingness to further fortify practice astatine each levels, taking vantage of the opportunities offered by Cyprus’ information successful the European Union.

The 2 leaders agreed to support unfastened their connection channel and to proceed with factual actions that volition further fortify the strategical relations betwixt Cyprus and Lebanon and the European Union, consolidating the consciousness of information and stableness successful the Eastern Mediterranean.