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Harare, January 20, 2025- The president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Fernando González Llort, sent a message of condolences to the family and friends of Chen Chimutengwende, renowned political and solidarity leader who passed away in the capital of Zimbabwe.

It is with great consternation that we received the sad news of the physical demise of our great friend and Patron of the Zimbabwe-Cuba Friendship Association (ZICUFA), the document reads.

The Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Ms. Kaye Bass, offered a warm welcome to the official of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, Tamara Armenteros Alcee, who is on a working visit to the Federation, accompanied on this occasion by Ambassador David Rivero Pérez.

Both parties agreed on the excellent ties that unite these Caribbean nations in which cooperation and mutual support contribute to their continuous strengthening.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan and visiting President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP) Fernando González Llort agreed to increase people-to-people exchange and diplomacy during their meeting on November 14. Hoan highlighted the fruitful development of the special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries and between HCM City and Cuba in particular, especially after the exchange of high-level delegations.

Messages to support Cuba and to condemn the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the island were sent this August 4 from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Cuban Committee of solidarity with those countries.