In transit through Istanbul, Vice President of the Republic of Cuba Salvador Valdés Mesa held an emotional exchange via videoconference with members of the Cuban medical brigade providing solidarity aid in Kahramanmaraş.
Cuba's Minister of Health José Ángel Portal Miranda talked through a video call with Cuban collaborators who are in Turkiye providing medical assistance after the earthquakes that shook that country recently.
This Saturday Turkish media highlighted the work carried out by the brigade of the Cuban medical contingent Henry Reeve deployed in the province of Kahramanmaraş , epicenter of two recent earthquakes, with a death toll of more than 44 200 people.
The Ambassador of Cuba, Dr. Alejandro Díaz Palacios, was received by H.E. Tahsin Timur SÖYLEMEZ, Ambassador and new Director General for the Americas of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkiye.
The Cuban Ambassador to Turkey, Dr. Alejanro Díaz Palacios, was received by H.E. Ahmet Cemil Miroğlu, Ambassador and new Director General of Protocol of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The state of bilateral relations and potentialities for their development were discussed.