President Miguel Díaz-Canel closed this Saturday his official visit to Algeria and left for Russia, where he will continue an international tour that will also take him to Turkey and China.
“It has been an excellent visit. I think it marks a milestone in the development of bilateral relations,” Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez told the press.
Rodríguez stressed that the Algerian president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, expressed “solidarity and understanding in the face of the intensification of the blockade, which Algeria condemns in all international forums” and highlighted the initiative of that North African country “to partially forgive and reschedule the debt, while to work to increase Algerian investments” in Cuba.
Algeria has decided to “donate a solar power plant to Cuba and resume hydrocarbon supplies so that the Island can restore power plants and put an end to the current electricity blackouts.”
President @DiazCanelB finished his visit to #Algeriaa nation that he arrived at on November 16 and was the first point of the tour that will continue to Russia, Türkiye and China.
At the airport he was seen off by Algerian Prime Minister Aiman Benabderrahmane. pic.twitter.com/uPPdXXEqEm
— Presidency Cuba ?? (@PresidenciaCuba) November 19, 2022
“Algeria offers sister Cuba a photovoltaic power plant as well as reestablishing the supply of hydrocarbons so that Cuba can reactivate the plants and combat the current power outages,” Tebboune declared.
Díaz-Canel arrived in the North African country last Thursday as the first stop on an international tour whose next destination is Moscow. During his stay, the Cuban president highlighted “the convergence of points of view on international and regional issues of common interest.”
Díaz-Canal is traveling with a high-level delegation made up of Deputy Prime Ministers Ricardo Cabrisas and Alejandro Gil and those responsible for Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez; Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca; Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, and Public Health, José Ángel Portal.
Algeria and Cuba have maintained a close relationship since the North African country achieved its independence in 1962. At the beginning of 2023, both countries will hold a high-level bilateral meeting in Havana, in which a total of 150 Algerian businessmen are expected to participate.
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International agencies point out that one of the interests with which the Cuban delegation will arrive in the Russian capital is the importation of fertilizers, hydrocarbons and wheat.
The Russian Ministry of Economic Development, at the end of the 19th meeting of the Russian-Cuban intergovernmental commission for economic-commercial cooperation, had announced a day before that “the Cuban side expressed its interest in stable supplies to the island of fertilizers, hydrocarbons and Russian wheat”, according to the official TASS agency.
In Russia, Díaz-Canel will meet with his counterpart Vladimir Putin, and will participate in the inauguration of a monument in homage to Fidel Castro.
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