Cypriot FM Urges Lebanon to Agree on Vote Law

Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides voiced hopes on Tuesday that Lebanon agrees on a new electoral law for its parliamentary elections in order to overcome the obstacles.

“We hope that a new vote law is reached soon in order to help solve the problems that Lebanon is suffering from,” said the Minister in a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Jebran Bassil.

The Minister also assured that his country will not spare efforts in helping Lebanon in its fight against terrorism, he said: “We can't watch Lebanon suffer from the burden of terrorism without offering the help we can to address it.”

Furthermore, the Minister assured that his country will “offer the needed support through the import of Lebanese products and we will work on developing trade commodity and cooperation between the two countries.”

For his part, Bassil said: “We are confident that Cyprus will contribute to the discussion with trade authorities within the EU to promote trade exchanges.”