Cypriot Ambassador pays quick call to LERC

Tuesday, 8th April 2008. LERC, NDU.

While on an official visit to NDU, the Cypriot Chargé d’Affaires, Dr. Kyriacos Kouros, met with the Vice President for Research and Development, Dr. Assaad Eid, and called upon Ms. Guita Hourani, the Associate Director of LERC.  Historically, Cyprus has always enjoyed a special relationship with Lebanon. Cyprus has served as a safe haven for Lebanese fleeing the wars in Lebanon, including the July War of 2006. Many Lebanese have also acquired Cypriot citizenship, making them dual citizens of the two neighboring countries.
Dr. Kouros and Ms. Hourani discussed future cooperation to study the status of Lebanese and Cypriot dual citizens under the European Union citizenship law, and that of the Lebanese community in Cyprus in general, including the long-standing Maronite Cypriot community, as well as the socio-economic network of the Lebanese emigrants in Cyprus.

From left to right: Ms. Guita Hourani, Ambassador Kouros, Dr. Michel Nehme and Dr. Assaad Eid