Raúl Castro received this Thursday the president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, on an official visit to Cuba. The meeting occurred after the signing of various agreements between the two nations.
Castro, Army General, thanked the support of the government of Iran in Cuba’s fight against “the unjust economic, commercial and financial blockade that the United States imposes on the Greater Antilles”.
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, also received Iranian President Ayatollah Seyed Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday. #Cuba ?? #Iran ?? pic.twitter.com/IfdhbX3wyH
— Presidency Cuba ?? (@PresidenciaCuba) June 15, 2023
He also stressed that both nations have known how to defend their independence and sovereignty.
The meeting occurred hours after Havana and Tehran signed cooperation agreements in the areas of foreign policy, telecommunications and legal.
The act for the signatures took place at the Palace of the Revolution, with the presence of the Iranian president and his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel, after the visitor participated in a business forum in Havana.
Cuba-Iran Agreements
The countries signed a total of six agreements, among which the comprehensive cooperation between governments, the political consultations between Foreign Ministries and the cooperation in telecommunications, information technology and portable information and services stand out.
In addition, they signed two memorandums of understanding on customs matters and another between the respective Ministries of Justice.
During that act, Díaz-Canel referred to the “unity” between the two countries, “condemned” for confronting the United States, and advocated “taking advantage of potentialities” and “expanding” relations in the commercial and economic spheres on the basis of mutual respect and friendship.
Díaz-Canel receives the President of Iran, on an official visit since yesterday
Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Havana this Wednesday, the last leg of his tour of Latin America, which took him first to Caracas and then to Managua.
According to the Minrex, Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Cuba ended this Friday.
