Colombo, September 12, 2025. The Cuban ambassador to Sri Lanka, Andrés Marcelo González Garrido, received Eranga Gunasekara, national organizer of the Socialist Youth and Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, and Anjana Sampath Amarasinghe, Secretary of International Relations of the Sri Lankan Socialist Youth organization, at the diplomatic headquarters in Colombo.
During the meeting, the ambassador reaffirmed his gratitude to the Sri Lankan Socialist Youth for their support and solidarity with Cuba, as well as for the annual event they organize in honor of Che Guevara, at the site where he planted a tree during his visit to Ceylon in 1959.
The youth leaders expressed their admiration for the ideas of Che and Fidel, and for the Cuban people, and presented the ambassador with the official invitation to the Che Day celebration, which will take place on October 8.