Addis Ababa, September 18, 2023. The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez held a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, H.E. Demeke Mekonnen Hassen, during the just-concluded G-77 plus China Summit.
In the exchange, the Cuban President recalled his meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, weeks ago, in Johannesburg, on the occasion of the BRICS Summit, in this regard he said, ... "I have fond memories of the conversation we had. We talked about the ties between Cuba and Ethiopia, to which he referred in an affectionate way, defending our relations a lot.... from that meeting, I returned with the conviction that Cuba and Ethiopia could go to a new moment in bilateral relations."
According to statements by President Díaz-Canel on the X social network, during the meeting they also discussed opportunities to expand bilateral cooperation in various spheres and promote economic and commercial ties between the two nations.
Mekonnen's visit to Cuba is the first high-level visit since the installation of the new Ethiopian government in April 2018, which opens new opportunities to strengthen relations between Cuba and Ethiopia.
(EMBACUBA ETIOPIA)