Havana, January 30 (RHC-Granma)-- Following two days of work, the Regional Congress of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) concluded Monday in Havana.

The gathering was a prelude to the Seventh National Congress, which will take place in April in Lebanon, and attended by Palestinians from across the American continent.

Topics of vital importance for the Palestinian cause were discussed, the documents pending approval by the Central Congress of the DFLP were debated, and the 12 direct delegates to the national event were selected.

According to Fahd Suleiman, DFLP deputy secretary-general, Cuba was chosen to host the meeting as it is a country friendly to the Palestinian people and cause and there are a lot of Palestinians living in the Americas.

We are a people that fight for their national liberation, the restoration of their 1967 borders, the return of refugees to their homeland and precisely in the framework of these conditions it was decided to hold this event in Havana, to send a message from here to U.S. President Donald Trump,” he added.

The official criticized the alliance and cooperation between the United States and Israel, which openly occupies Palestinian land and divides the people by creating settlements.

On behalf of the DFLP, Suleiman also condemned the U.S. decision to move its Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The closing ceremony was also attended by the Ambassador of Palestine to Cuba, Akram Samhan, the Ambassador of Venezuela to Cuba, Alí Rodríguez, the Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee International Relations Department, Juan Carlos Marsán, and Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Fernando González, President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).