Jakarta, February 22, 2019. Dr. Hoang Ang Tuan, Assistant Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), received in an courtesy visit to Ambassador Nirsia Castro Guevara at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the regional organization.
During the interview, the Ambassador discussed issues of current situation in Latin American region and the opportunities for cooperation between Cuba and ASEAN with the senior official. The diplomat took the opportunity to express the gratitude of the Cuban government and it´s people to the member states of ASEAN and to the Organization itself due the permanent support to its demand for the lifting of the US blockade against the island.
All member states of the Organization have endorsed the resolution demanding the end of the blockade policy in the General Assembly of the United Nations and ASEAN has issued statements during the debates of the Resolution expressing their opposition to this policy. Cuba is one of the 91 non-member states of ASEAN that maintains an accredited ambassador to the General Secretariat of the organization based in Jakarta.
Embassy of Cuba and Indonesia