On the afternoon of April 4th, 2023, the Ambassador of Cuba to the Republic of Kenya, Juan Manuel Rodríguez Vázquez, presented to the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the Credentials accrediting him as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba.   

During the solemn accreditation ceremony in Villa Somalia, presidential headquarters, the Cuban ambassador conveyed to the Somali president a cordial greeting from the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and from the Cuban people to the brother people of Somalia. He also expressed the willingness of the Cuban authorities to develop bilateral and friendship relations between the two nations.

By his part, President Sheikh Mohamud welcomed the new Cuban Envoy to Mogadishu, while thanking our country for its support in training Somali professionals, and reiterating the willingness to work for the strengthening of bilateral relations.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Cuba’s Representative Office Abroad.