Photo: Yuri Díaz Caballero

Havana, Jan 30 (RHC) On Monday, the Panamanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Janaina Tewaney Mencomo paid tribute to José Martí, Cuba's National Hero, in Havana's '13 de Marzo park.

Accompanied by the director general for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Eugenio Martínez Enríquez, the Minister laid a wreath to honor the Apostle of the independence of the Caribbean Island.

Photo: Yuri Díaz Caballero

Tewaney Mencomo arrived this Saturday in Cuba on an official visit, her first to the Caribbean nation, and participated in the closing ceremony of the V International Conference 'For the Balance of the World', an event that closed the World Day of Homage to Martí, for the 170th anniversary of his birth.

The Panamanian Foreign Minister is expected to hold official conversations with her Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, and other governmental authorities.

Cuba and Panama established diplomatic relations in 1974 and have maintained high-level dialogue to deepen political-diplomatic ties and expand economic-commercial, investment, and cooperation relations.

Authorities of the Antillean country have highlighted the historical ties that unite both nations, and the traditional support of that Central American country to the lifting of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the U.S. Government, more than six decades ago. (Source: ACN)