For Cuba it has been a great honor to count among its best friends a man like Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, tireless fighter for progress with social justice for the sister nation of Mexico, the head of state wrote this Monday, according to a publication by the Presidency on its website.

Díaz-Canel stated: "With great sorrow, but proud of that great patriot and Latin American, we express our heartfelt condolences and moral and spiritual support to the Cárdenas family, the Mexican government and people."

He expressed the gratitude of Cubans and Mexicans of diverse generations for Cárdenas's tireless contribution to friendship between the two peoples, and recognized his integrity, moral stature, and unfailing dignity as an expression of the best values of the Mexican people.

Mexico's ambassador in Cuba, Miguel Ignacio Díaz Reynoso, thanked the Cuban president for the gesture and both exchanged a brief dialogue.

On the Cuban side, Politburo member and Organization Secretary of the PCC Central Committee Roberto Morales Ojeda attended, as well as First Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver Portal.

Previously, the Cuban leader had posted on his X account: "I convey heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of our dear comrade Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, an intimate friend of Cuba, who always defended the noblest causes of Latin America and the Caribbean. Our solidarity with the Mexican government and people in the face of such a sensitive loss."