Addis Ababa, March 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla arrived today in Ethiopia, the second stop on a working tour of Africa that began in South Africa and includes Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal.
Upon his arrival at Bole International Airport in the capital, Rodríguez Parrilla was greeted by Aziza Geleta, Director of Protocol Affairs at the local Foreign Ministry, and Abraham Megistu, Deputy Director for Europe and the Americas and current interim director.
Likewise, he was welcomed by the director for South America and the Caribbean, Demissew Kebede, and the Cuban ambassador-designate to Ethiopia, Meylin Suárez Álvarez.
The official visit, which will last until March 14, is part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, to be commemorated on July 18.
During his stay, Rodríguez Parrilla will develop a work agenda that includes meetings with his Ethiopian counterpart, Gedion Timothewos, and other government authorities, reaffirming the desire to continue strengthening political, economic, and collaborative relations in various sectors.
On this day, the head of Caribbean diplomacy will visit the park called Tiglachin Monument (Our Struggle, in Amharic) and pay tribute to the 163 Cuban internationalist combatants who fell alongside Ethiopian soldiers in the Battle of Karramara on March 5, 1978, and whose bronze faces are represented in two murals.
Representatives from the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ethiopia-Cuba Friendship Association, and Havana graduates (Ethiopian-Cubans), among other guests, will participate.
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