The member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organisation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CCPCC), Roberto Morales Ojeda, received this Friday afternoon the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), Kemal Ibrahim Okuyan.
During the meeting Morales Ojeda informed that the main political processes of the PCC after the 8th Congress, held in April 2021, have focused on the implementation of the Ideas, Concepts and Guidelines derived from the party's own meeting and the fulfilment of the three main missions of the organisation: the struggle for peace, the economic battle and ideological firmness.
He explained how the Cuban people are creatively resisting and contributing to the construction of a better society, despite the complex national electro-energy situation, the serious financial restrictions caused by the intensification of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US government, as well as the consequences of the world economic crisis, aggravated by the pandemic.
He highlighted Cuba's progress in the fight against Covid-19, in particular the development of vaccines, which have allowed the country to achieve a high level of immunity and to move from November last year to a new normality with the opening of the school year, tourism and other socio-economic activities.
The Organising Secretary of the CCPCC thanked the TKP for its solidarity support to Cuba in its struggle against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States more than 60 years ago and ratified the high importance of working together for the success of the XXII International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (EIPCO), to be held in Havana next October.
For his part, Kemal Ibrahim Okuyan, leader of the TKP, expressed his support for the Cuban Revolution, the will to continue to strengthen the historic relations that unite our parties and their respective youth organisations, and his commitment that the XXII EIPCO will strengthen cooperation and solidarity among the communist parties of the world.
Comrades Cansu Oba Erdogan, Secretary of Organisation of TKP and Berkay Kemal Onoglu, General Secretary of the Communist Youth of Turkey also participated in the meeting.
From the Cuban side, the member of the CCPCC and First Secretary of the National Committee of the Union of Young Communists (UJC), Aylín Álvarez García, the Deputy Head of the Department of International Relations of the Central Committee of the Party, Juan Carlos Marsán Aguilera and other officials of the Europe Area of the same department were present.