The Cuban Ambassador to Turkey Dr. Alejandro Díaz Palacios held a meeting with Ramis Sen, Deputy Director General for the Americas of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, to analyze the potential for development of bilateral relations between the two countries, particularly in the economic and commercial spheres.
The municipality of Kartal of this great Turkish city and the Association of Friendship with Cuba "José Martí" organised last Monday a popular carnival in a central square of this locality that they called "Cuba in the streets of Istanbul", in which the group of Cuban musicians settled in the Eurasian country "EsembleCubafónica", directed by Cuban resident Hakely Nakao, participated as a guest.
The Mayor of Izmir Municipality sends heartfelt condolences to the Cuban people following the events at the Saratoga Hotel, in which 46 people lost their lives and others were injured.
Members of the diplomatic corps accredited in Turkey, the President of the José Martí Cuba Solidarity Association and the Cuban Embassy staff signed the book of condolences to pay posthumous tribute to Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada.
The Cuban Embassy thank the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for its condolences to the families of the deceased and to the Cuban people and government on the occasion of yesterday's accident at the Saratoga Hotel, as well as its wishes for the speedy recovery of the injured. #FuerzaCuba