The Ambassador of Cuba, Pedro Luis Despaigne González, received in his office a delegation of the Private Universities Students’ Association of Ghana (PUSAG), headed by its President and Executive Director, Mr. Samuel Okyere Sarpong.
The Cuban Ambassador to Ghana, Pedro Luis Despaigne González, attended the tribute in honor of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, organized by a group of Ghanaian political parties and social and political organizations at the National Theater in Accra. The Dr. Nkrumah is considered by the history of Ghana as the father of the independence.
The Cuban Ambassador received his counterpart from Burkina Faso, H.E. Mr. Pingrenoma Zagré, who expressed his solidarity with the Cuban people and stressed the ties that bind the Caribbean island with his country.
Cuban Ambassador, Pedro Luis Despaigne González, was received at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana by the Ambassador Albert Francis Yankey, recently appointed Director General of that Ministry.
The Cuban Ambassador updated his interlocutor on the effects over Cuba of the Hurricane Irma, while the Director General expressed Ghana´s sympathy with the government and the Cuban people.
Mr. Kwaku Agyeman Manu, Minister of Health of the Republic of Ghana, held a working meeting at the Headquarter of the Ministry of Health with Dr. Luis Manuel Nafez Abi-Rezh, Business Director of the Cuban Medical Services Limited, who traveled to Ghana as special representative of the Cuban Ministry of Health.