ROME, June 21 (NNN-ACN) — Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, leading a delegation from the island visiting Italy, met with businessmen from that European country.
As reported by the president on Twitter, during the meeting he reiterated the willingness to strengthen economic, trade, investment and cooperation relations between the two nations.
Diaz-Canel ratified to the businessmen his country’s willingness to work together to strengthen relations in sectors of mutual interest.
Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, deputy ministers and directors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Havana’s ambassador to Italy, Mirta Granda Averhoff, also participated in the exchange.
The Cuban head of state arrived on Monday in Rome, where he will also meet today with his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella, and with the director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu.
Diaz-Canel and Qu Dongyu, in their meeting, expressed their satisfaction with the excellent bilateral cooperation relations.
The Cuban President was received by Qu Dongyu at FAO headquarters for an exchange in which Cuba reaffirmed its commitment to the purposes of the UN agency.
According to the Cuban Foreign Ministry on the same social media, the head of state reiterated his appreciation for FAO’s support in the face of complicated situations such as COVID-19 and Hurricane Ian.
He also acknowledged the agency’s cooperation with national efforts to achieve food security.
At the head of a Cuban delegation, Diaz-Canel arrived on Monday in Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, the first destination of a European tour that also includes an official program in Serbia and the participation, as President of the Group of 77 plus China, in the “Summit for a new Global Financial Pact” to be held in Paris, France.
The island’s delegation also includes the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, deputy ministers and other officials from the foreign ministry. — NNN-ACN
