Havana, July 16 (RHC)--Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel received today in Havana the executive vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, who is on a working visit to the Caribbean island.

According to national television, during the meeting, the two leaders discussed the main aspects of the cooperation ties between the two nations and other issues of interest, such as the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Caribbean head of state ratified his country's invariable solidarity with Venezuela's Bolivarian and Chavista people.

For her part, the Venezuelan vice-president conveyed a message of solidarity and support from President Nicolás Maduro in the face of the political-communication campaign against Cuba and the tightening of the blockade imposed by the United States on the island.

Present at the Cuban side were Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, and the Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca.