Maputo, August 26 (Prensa Latina) -- Grateful and committed to continue strengthening the friendship between Cuba and Mozambique, the president of the Caribbean nation, Miguel Díaz-Canel, left today to continue his tour of Africa in Namibia.
At the international airport of Maputo he was bid farewell by his Mozambican counterpart, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, referred the Twitter account of the Cuban Presidency.
"We appreciate the expressions of solidarity and Mozambique's position condemning the blockade and the unjust designation of Cuba as a country sponsoring terrorism," Diaz-Canel wrote on the same social network.
He added that he bids farewell to the African country with the commitment to remain united by the brotherhood bequeathed by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, and the first Mozambican president, Samora Machel.
The Caribbean leader also sent a fraternal embrace to the solidarity movement with the island, to the collaborators and compatriots residing in these lands, to whom he expressed his gratitude for their warm welcome.
Shortly before his departure, the Cuban head of state had an exchange with representatives of these groups, which he described as affectionate, and where the support and recognition of the creative and heroic resistance of the Cuban people prevailed.
Díaz-Canel arrived yesterday in Mozambique on an official visit, as part of which he held talks with Filipe Jacinto Nyusi.
He was also received at the Assembly of the Republic where he expressed his willingness to strengthen ties between the parliaments of both countries and thanked the Mozambican legislature for supporting the worldwide call for the lifting of the U.S. economic blockade against the island.
After the meeting, Díaz-Canel went to the Heroes' Square in the city of Maputo, where he laid a wreath on behalf of the Cuban people as a tribute to those who led the independence process in this nation and the construction of the new country once liberation was achieved.
Later, he arrived at the Marcelino dos Santos clinic, a center that remembers one of the founders of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), and where both countries are carrying out a project for the specialized care of people with diabetes, which will soon begin to provide services.
Accompanied by Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, the Cuban president learned that several of the specialists who will work there are Cuban collaborators and others were trained in Cuba.
There, they will put into practice the experiences of the Caribbean nation's National Health System associated with the treatment of diabetes, including the use of the Cuban drug Herberprot-P.
