Miguel Díaz-Canel Arrives to Montego Bay, Jamaica

The President of Councils of the State and of Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez arrived in Jamaica as special guest of the First Secretary of this Caribbean nation, Andrew Holness.

Early this morning the plane that fled the Cuban President landed in the international airport of Montego Bay.

The senate president Thomas Tavares Finson welcomed Miguel Díaz-Canel at the air terminal.

The Cuban retinue is also integrated by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, the Deputy Minister Rogelio Sierra Díaz and Inés Fors Fernández ambassador for Cuba in Jamaica.

Díaz-Canel’s visit takes place amid the 39^th Conference of Heads of States of CARICOM where leaders from 15 nations that make up the regional block of political agreement and economic integration attend.

This is Miguel Díaz-Canel’s first visit to Jamaica in his condition as President of the Councils of State and of Ministers.

The invitation to the Cuban President ratifies the ties of friendship, solidarity and cooperation that characterized the bonds between Cuba and its sisters Caribbean nations.

Cubasi Translation Staff / Amilkal Labañino Valdés