Oslo, March 21, 2023. Before leaving for Denmark, the next leg of their Nordic tour, the delegation from the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) was received by Trine Lise Sundnes, member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Labor Party and member of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs.
Led by the parliamentarian, Rigoberto Zarza Ross and Elizabeth Ribalta Rubiera took a guided tour of the Storting building, during which they learned about aspects of the history, composition and functioning of the Norwegian legislative body.
In the final stage of the tour, Åsmund Aukrust, who is also a member of the Storting for the Labor Party but serves as First Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, joined the group.
The ambassador, Maité Rivero Torres, accompanied the Cuban delegation on this visit to the Storting, which provided a new opportunity to convey the will to develop relations between the two countries in the parliamentary sphere, as well as to address aspects of the current situation in Cuba, including the impact of the US blockade. (Embassy of Cuba in Norway)