Havana, May 20, (RHC) Salvadoran foreign minister, Hugo Martinez, confirmed on Tuesday that President Salvador Sanchez Ceren will pay an official visit to Cuba on May 26 and 27 to improve trade and cooperation relations with the island.

The foreign minister made the announcement during an interview with Cadena YSKL radio station early Tuesday in San Salvador.

The Salvadoran head of state will arrive with a delegation of seven government ministers from the sectors of health, education, the environment, agriculture, economy, foreign trade and from the technical secretariat of his presidency.

Sanchez Ceren will receive the travel permit from his parliament on Tuesday afternoon as stipulated by the Salvadoran law.

Cuba and El Salvador reestablished bilateral relations in 2009 after the first government led by the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front took power.The two countries have developed collaboration projects in the areas of health, education, agriculture, the environment and academic issues.