Helsinki, November 18, 2022.- Cuba congratulated the Republic of Latvia on the occasion of its National Holiday celebrated this November 18, in messages from President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Minister Bruno Rodríguez to their Latvian counterparts, while the Cuban Foreign Ministry shared a message of greetings to the national date.
During her stay in Estonia, Ambassador Beatriz Parra González held a meeting with the Director of Transatlantic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andrés Lipand. The moment allowed them to review topics of mutual interest on the agenda of both countries.
For the Cuban Embassy in Finland this is a very special day because Cuban citizenship was granted to the baby Nieve Aitana Feria Galindez. After a process that involved negotiations in Cuba, this beautiful little girl of Cuban parents, born in Finland, recognized herself as Cuban. This procedure responds to the new policies established to promote the rapprochement of the Cuban Nation with its Emigration.
The contribution of the brigadistas Victoria de Girón, from the Finland-Cuba Friendship Association to the Mártires de Las Tunas Pediatric Hospital, contributes to mitigating the negative impact of the intensified blockade maintained by the government of the United States against the people of Cuba for more than 60 years. The director of the Las Tunas pediatric care unit, María Cristina Cisneros Vázquez, highlighted the disinterested help of the Finnish brothers who, since 2010, have contributed medical equipment, medicines, nursing supplies and other materials to the quality of benefits and health indicators of luxury that the Las Tunas exhibit today is below, even, those of many developed countries
The President of Estonia, Alar Karis, received the Cuban Ambassador, Beatriz Parra, who presented him with the credential as concurrent representative to this Baltic country, and expressed his solidarity with the families affected in the Island by Hurricane Ian. After the formal act, Karis welcomed the Head of Mission with permanent headquarters in Helsinki, Finland, in a formal meeting in which she was interested in the progress of the recovery of the damage caused by the powerful Hurricane Ian, the diplomat said in communication with Prensa Latina.