Mikati on Civil War Anniversary: Lebanon Must be Protected from Regional Events, Miscalculations
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged "the Lebanese to learn from the country's civil war and resort to serious dialogue in order to avert dangers."
In a statement issued Friday on the 37th anniversary of the eruption of the civil war, Mikati stressed that the "only honest and open cooperation between all components of Lebanese society guarantees real and complete national partnership, bolsters the state, and fortifies Lebanon against dangers."
"Lebanon must be protected from the painful regional events the repercussions of which we have long warned," he said.
He also called the Lebanese to "steer away from wrong calculations that have cost us dearly in the past and which we are still trying hard to eliminate.
"The Lebanese are living in great fear over the present and the future and they hope that constitutional institutions will help solve their problems," the PM added calling all Lebanese sides and people to prove that "we are up to the task and we will not again get embroiled in conflicts that the past has proven are useless."
It is worth mentioning that the Lebanese civil war erupted in 1975 and ended in 1990 by the Taif accord.
On the occasion of the war anniversary, various civil organizations held different activities to commemorate it, such the activity launched by the UN Development Program and EU on the Ain al-Rummaneh bus.
It included a visit to the bus site incident by the Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour and UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly.
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