Islamabad, April 24, 2019. The convener of the Pakistan-Cuba Friendship Parliamentary Group in the Senate, Senator Shibli Faraz, also Leader of the House, received today morning the ambassador of Cuba, Gabriel Tiel Capote, who took the opportunity to congratulate him on his recent appointment as Convener of the Friendship Group in the House. The ambassador explained in detail the maneuvers and fallacies of the United States to implicate Cuba in the situation they have created in Venezuela, on the suspension of Title III, and the new sanctions that extend the scope of the blockade imposed against the Cuban people; as well as updated it on the approval of the new Constitution and other topics of interest. In turn, Faraz confirmed Pakistan's solidarity with Cuba and expressed that the Friendship Group will work towards that goal. During the meeting, the main topics of the excellent relations that exist between the National Assembly of the People's Power of Cuba and the Senate of Pakistan were reviewed and the will to strengthen and expand them, in particular the application of the MoU signed in Havana in 2017 and the perspectives for the joint work of the friendship parliamentary groups. CUBAMINREX-EMBACUBA PAKISTAN.