Vientiane April 5, 2023. A Memorandum of Understanding between the Raul Roa Garcia Higher Institute of International Relations of the Republic of Cuba and the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA) of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, was signed at the Foreign Ministry of this Southeast Asian country, which ceremony was headed by the Deputy Minister H.E. Mr. Thongphane Savanphet.
The signatories, the Cuban Ambassador to the Lao PDR, H.E. Mrs. Enna Viant Valdes and her counterpart, Mr. Mai Sayavongs, Director General of the IFA, recognized the importance of such a relevant document considered a milestone in inter-institutional and bilateral relations.
For her part, the Cuban diplomat reiterated her gratitude to the directors of the Lao institute and reiterated the will to strengthen academic cooperation ties framed in the very content of the Memorandum of Understanding, whose significance she valued and appreciated in the context of the development and constant strengthening of the historic friendly relations between the two countries.
With the signing of this framework agreement, the bases are laid that will allow the design and promotion of mutually beneficial exchange and cooperation programs for both institutions, in charge, among other functions, of preparing the future foreign policy representatives of the respective countries.
Finally, She highlighted in this new step of rapprochement between academics and institutions, the will to continue deepening the various edges and scope of friendship and mutually beneficial collaboration between Cuba and Laos.
Embassy of Cuba