Havana, April 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez today expressed his country’s willingness to continue strengthening cooperation ties with South Africa in various areas.
According to the foreign minister’s report in X, this willingness was expressed during a meeting with the South African Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, and president of the South African Communist Party, Blade Nzimande, who is on an official visit to the Caribbean country.
Cuba and South Africa established diplomatic relations on May 11, 1994, constituting the first foreign policy act of the democratic South African government.
In March, Cuba’s top diplomat and South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Ozzy Lamola, reaffirmed their shared interest in expanding and diversifying their economic, trade, and cooperation ties in Pretoria.
According to the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting reaffirmed the two nations’ stance in defense of the causes and interests of the people, especially those of the nations of the South.
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