Iran Attacks Iraq with Drones — Durbe Mayor Offers Peace Talks Venue

Iran yesterday once again demonstrated its special understanding of diplomacy by sending drones to visit neighbors in Iraq. While Baghdad airport is extinguishing fires and counting drone debris, in Liepāja we proudly point to our neighboring town Durbe, which has been boasting absolute peace for three decades and hasn't sent even a single drone anywhere.

Baghdad International Airport experienced several attacks with drones and rockets, but as local airport worker Ahmed admits: "We need Liepāja's experience — there the tram arrives precisely, but nobody shoots." Meanwhile, Iraqi security forces confiscated a car with remaining rockets, which would only cause amazement in Liepāja — our main problem is lack of parking spaces, not surplus rockets.

At the Basra oil complex, two drones were shot down, but the third still hit its target. Such precision would only be appreciated in football in Liepāja, where our team also sometimes hits the goal. Local oil worker Mustafa comments: "We need to learn from Durbe — there's no oil, no drones, but there is peace."

Durbe Mayor Aivars Kalniņš has already offered his town's services as neutral territory for peace talks: "We have no airport, no oil, no US base — an ideal place to discuss conflict resolution over coffee and bread." While drone shooting continues in the Middle East, Durbe remains an example of how to live without international conflicts — simply by being small enough that nobody notices you.