Havana, September 6 (RHC) -- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel recognized the work carried out by members of the island's Personal Security Directorate, which is celebrating its 62nd anniversary this Wednesday.

Through his profile on X (formerly Twitter), the dignitary sent congratulations and thanked "the silent family of Personal Security, which for more than six decades took care of the Commander in Chief and other comrades".

Díaz-Canel stressed that the members of the Directorate prevented more than 600 attempts on the life of the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz.

The Personal Security Directorate is part of Cuba's Ministry of the Interior, and its main mission is to protect the lives of the country's leaders.