Miguel Díaz-Canel began a tour of three Caribbean countries this Saturday in the context of the VIII Summit between the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and Cuba, scheduled for December 6 in Barbados.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was the first stop on a tour that will also take him to Barbados and Grenada, “sister nations to which we are united by deep ties of friendship and a history of support in the most difficult times,” as he wrote in his account. Twitter.
“Together with several ministers, we will also participate in the VIII CARICOM-Cuba Summit that will be held in beloved Barbados,” he added.
For his part, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez published on Twitter that the tour of the Caribbean is an “opportunity to continue deepening relations of friendship, cooperation and solidarity that unite us.”
Caricom-Cuba Day is celebrated every December 8 due to the decision of those four Caribbean countries to establish diplomatic relations with Havana on this date in 1972, in the context of regional isolation imposed by the United States against the island during the 60 years.
Created in 1973, CARICOM is currently made up of Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. .
Díaz-Canel and six ministers toured Algeria, Turkey, Russia and China, in which political alliances were strengthened, and issues such as debt restructuring and energy agreements were addressed.
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