KINGSTON, Dec 4 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel arrived in St Vincent and the Grenadines on Saturday on an official visit, the first stop on his Caribbean tour that includes Barbados and Grenada.
According to the Presidency of the Republic on Twitter, the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raúl Castro, saw off Díaz-Canel in Cuba.
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and the Governor General Susan Dougan received the Cuban president on St Vincent’s soil.
“This visit will result in the consolidation of the excellent political relations and will allow us to progress in our cooperative relations”, the Cuban head of State said during a meeting with Gonsalves.
You are the closest brothers we have, and we are the closest brothers you have”, he said.
Both officials toured areas of the Argyle International Airport, built with Cuba’s help, following an idea of the historic leader Fidel Castro.
It is the first visit by a Cuban head of State to St Vincent and the Grenadines, a Caribbean nation comprising some 33 islands and cays.
President Diaz-Canel’s tour of Caribbean nations will include his participation with several ministers in the 8th CARICOM-Cuba Summit to be held in Barbados next week.
On Twitter, Diaz-Canel stated that he will officially visit St Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, and Grenada, three countries he considered that are brothers of Cuba, united by “endearing ties of friendship and a history of support in the most difficult times.”
The head of State recalled the words of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raúl Castro, who said that a “Caribbean united and supportive is our only path.”
The president noted that when the United States and the Organization of American States (OAS) forced all of Latin America to break off relations with his country and Mexico’s support only remained, four newly independent Caribbean nations: Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago, established diplomatic ties with Cuba.
“To commemorate it, we will be in Barbados on December 6,” he added.
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez tweeted that the official visits will be an opportunity to continue deepening relations of friendship, cooperation, and solidarity. — NNN-PRENSA LATINA
