IPK's Director, Dr. Manuel Romero, expresses appreciation for the shipment.

Havana, December 11 (RHC)-- Cuba received on Thursday a shipment of medical supplies donated by members of the Cuban community living in the United States, destined to the Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK).

The Institute's Director, Dr. Manuel Romero, was at the Jose Marti International Airport tarmac to express appreciation for the shipment.

Yanet Stable, Director of Migratory Policy and Attention to Cubans residing Abroad at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, tweeted that the island's government appreciated this gesture.

Stable ratified its willingness to strengthen links with the diaspora anywhere globally and in the United States, regardless of who governs the White House.