Dar es Salaam, Mar 6 (Prensa Latina) The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, received today in this capital the leader of the Cuban parliament, Esteban Lazo, at the close of his visit to that East African country.
The president of the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP, parliament) conveyed greetings from the leader of the Cuban revolution, Army General Raúl Castro, and from President Miguel Díaz-Canel.
For his part, Suluhu Hassan ratified Tanzania’s condemnation of the United States blockade of Cuba and sent fraternal greetings to the highest authorities of the Caribbean nation, in a meeting that aimed to continue strengthening mutual ties, according to a report by Cuban television.
The President stressed that the excellent bilateral relationship between Cuba and Tanzania represents the legacy of brotherhood between their historical leaders, Fidel Castro and Julius Nyerere.
The ANPP president held official talks with his Tanzanian counterpart and member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Tulia Ackson, whom he congratulated on this latest responsibility.
Ackson, for his part, valued the meeting as an opportunity to strengthen ties between both parliaments, and thanked Cuba for its historic solidarity with the Tanzanian people and the cooperation provided by the Greater Antilles to several countries on the continent.
The head of the Inter-Parliamentary Union strongly condemned the US blockade of the island and reiterated Tanzania’s support for the international struggle to eliminate this policy.
The President of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba also held talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of East Africa, Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, and other Tanzanian political figures.
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