Pretoria, May 13, 2019.- We commemorate on May 11 the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and South Africa and the 25th anniversary of the first visit of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz to South Africa, to attend the inauguration ceremony of Nelson Mandela.
On May 11, 1994, presidents Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro signed diplomatic relations between South Africa and Cuba in Pretoria, a few hours after the inauguration of South Africa's first free and democratic government, one of the first foreign policy actions in South Africa. the newly liberated nation.
That was not the beginning of a relationship, but the formalization of bonds of friendship and solidarity that had been built for decades between the peoples of both countries during the difficult years of the struggle against Apartheid.
Over the course of these 25 years, fraternal ties have expanded and consolidated in a broad and multisectoral cooperative relationship of mutual benefit, inspired by solidarity and the search for a better future for the peoples of both nations.
