Havana, Apr 17th. - Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez expressed his country's willingness to continue strengthening cooperation ties with South Africa in various areas.
According to the Chancellor in X, this provision was expressed during a meeting with the South African Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, and President of the Communist Party of South Africa, Blade Nzimande, who makes an official visit to the Caribbean country.
Cuba and South Africa established diplomatic relations on May 11, 1994, constituting the first foreign policy act of South African democratic government.
In March, the top representative of Cuban diplomacy and South African Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Ozzy Lamola, reaffirmed in Pretoria the common interest in expanding and diversifying their economic-commercial and cooperative ties.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, the meeting confirmed the position of both nations in defence of the causes and interests of the peoples, especially the nations of the South. (Text and Photo: PL)