Helsinki, July 26th.- The Charge d'Affaires a.i of Cuba in this capital, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Etcheverry, was received at the Finnish Foreign Ministry by the Director of the Department for Latin America, H.E. Mrs. Anu Vuori Kiikeri.
During the meeting, both parties had the opportunity to exchange on the current state of bilateral ties and their development prospects, as well as other issues on the regional and international agenda.
Rodríguez Etcheverry took the opportunity to thank Vuori for the firm position of Finland against the Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade of the United States against Cuba, recently condemned at the UNGA. Likewise, he reiterated the will of the Cuban Government to strengthen and expand the ties between Cuba and the EU, framed in the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement, partially in operation between both parties.
For his part, Vuori Kiikeri emphasized the need to continue the positive development of the traditional ties of friendship with Cuba, based on mutual respect and cooperation, between its peoples and governments since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1929 and reiterated the support of its authorities for the exchange of foreign ministries, as the key space to achieve this purpose.