A representation of the community of Cubans residing in Ghana attended the commemorative political-cultural activity for the 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The 60 years of diplomatic relations between Ghana and Ghana were celebrated with a political-cultural activity organized jointly between the Cuban embassy and the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ghana at the Accra International Conference Centre.
Cuban Ambassador Pedro Luis Despaigne González, the First Secretary of the Embassy, Julio César Sánchez, and Mr. Kwasi Owusu-Achaw, a Ghanaian optometrist and journalist graduated in Cuba, appeared before the live television program, Breakfast Show, in which they addressed different facets linked to the 60th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Ambassador Pedro Luis Despaigne, González, received at the Embassy of Cuba a representation of the Board of Directors of the Association of Ghanaian Graduates in Cuba (ESBECAN), headed by its President, Musa Swallah.
The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, sent congratulations to the President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E, Mr. Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo Addo, on the occasion of the arrival of the 60th Anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Ghana and Cuba.
In the same vein, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, congratulated the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mrs. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey.
Cuba and Ghana established diplomatic relations on 23rd December, 1959.