We do not surrender to the fatalism of destruction and we are fighting a battle to regenerate the fire-stricken areas, said on Sunday the General Secretary of the Central Committee of AKEL, Stefanos Stefanou, who visited the 4th Larnaca Mountain Honey and Beekeeping Festival in Odou on Sunday.
In statements to journalists, Mr. Stefanou said that "last week AKEL held the second "Phyllosia" festival in Arakapa, in the area affected by the fire last year, to convey the message of support to the extent of our own ability to help, but at the same time to support the authorities of the communities and the residents of the area who are fighting their own battle to regenerate the area, their villages, their life and their professional activities after the great disaster last year".
"Going up to the Odou, your heart is caught by seeing the devastation left behind by the fire, with the burnt forests and the burnt land," Stefanou continued. He then referred to the inauguration of the Cyprus Bee Breeding Centre that took place today, saying that "this sends a message that the authorities, the residents, all of us are not surrendering to the fatalism of the disaster, but we are fighting this battle to regenerate the area, to give birth to life again, to give birth to the activity of the residents again".
All of us, he added, need to support our mountainous areas and our traditional production "because the production of Cypriot honey is within the framework of our tradition and activity and we need to support the residents again so that they can stay in the communities, so that they can have their professional activity and remain in the areas."
The General Secretary of AKEL congratulated the President of the Odos Community Menelaos Filippou. Our presence here, said Mr Stefanou, also has the character of practical support of support and solidarity in this beautiful effort being made.
Mr Stefanou was accompanied by AKEL Larnaca Provincial Secretary Chrystalla Antoniou and AKEL Larnaca MP Andreas Pasiourtidis.
Source: KYPE
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