The meeting took place in a cordial and friendly atmosphere, in which both parties highlighted the interest in continuing to deepen the high-level political dialogue and ratified the will to expand economic-commercial relations, investment and cooperation in areas such as health, biotechnology. , sports, education and tourism, as well as cultural and academic links, among others
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September 17, 2021 01:09:17
The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel DÃaz-Canel Bermúdez, held on Thursday afternoon, at the headquarters of the National Palace of Mexico, a meeting with the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The meeting took place in a cordial and friendly atmosphere, in which both parties highlighted the interest in continuing to deepen the high-level political dialogue and ratified the will to expand economic-commercial relations, investment and cooperation in areas such as health, biotechnology. , sports, education and tourism, as well as cultural and academic links, among others.
For his part, the Cuban President referred to the intimate historical ties and friendship between the two nations, while thanking the solidarity and support received in the context of confronting the COVID-19 pandemic and the intensification of the blockade. economic, commercial and financial imposed by the United States against Cuba.
Likewise, the leaders reiterated their commitment to work for the unity and integration of Latin America and the Caribbean under the Pro Tempore Presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) of Mexico and for the defense of Our America as a Zone of Peace.
They accompanied the Cuban president, Foreign Minister Bruno RodrÃguez Parrilla; Luis Alberto RodrÃguez López-Callejas, advisor to the President; Rodrigo Malmierca DÃaz, Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment; Anayansi RodrÃguez Camejo, Vice Minister of Foreign Relations; Eugenio MartÃnez EnrÃquez, general director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and Pedro Núñez Mosquera, Cuban ambassador to Mexico.
Also present on the Mexican side were Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón; the Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Dr. Rogelio RamÃrez de la O; the Secretary of Health, Dr. Jorge Alcocer Varela; the coordinator of Advisors of the Presidency of the Republic, Lic. Lázaro Cárdenas Batel; the Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Dr. Hugo López-Gatell RamÃrez, and the head of the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks, Dr. Alejandro Svarch Pérez.
