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"Dear friend, for us it is a great pleasure your visit, which is the reaffirmation of the historic relations that exist between our parliaments, governments and peoples," assured on Wednesday night the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, to Peter Katjavivi, president of the National Assembly of Namibia.In the dialogue, which took place minutes after the President of the National Defense Council returned from a tour of the province of Guantanamo, the Cuban leader said that "these parliamentary exchanges support and strengthen bilateral ties between our governments."In a special way, the Head of State reiterated to the distinguished visitor his condolences for the physical loss of President Hage Geingob, who died in February this year, whom he considered "an excellent friend of Cuba," who "followed the line of friendship founded by the leaders of both nations, Sam Nujoma and Fidel Castro."
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For Namibia's "historic support to Cuba's struggle against the blockade" in the international arena, Díaz-Canel thanked his interlocutor, to whom he also commented on the affection that comes from the Namibian people to each Cuban delegation that visits that sister land.With deep affection, he also expressed the relationship that Namibians who have studied in our country have with Cuba, many of whom, he recalled, currently hold important responsibilities in the government of that African nation, and "are promoters of the bonds of friendship between our peoples and contribute to its strengthening.""It is a pleasure to have you visit Cuba," he stressed.The President of the National Assembly of Namibia, who has been on an official visit to our country since last Saturday, thanked the Cuban leader for the opportunity of the meeting: "We have felt welcome, despite the challenges that Cuba is currently facing."This gesture, he stressed, is "testimony of the close relations that exist between our two countries."During his stay in the largest of the Antilles, where he arrived at the head of a delegation of Namibian parliamentarians from different parties, Peter Katjavivi held official talks with his Cuban counterpart, member of the Political Bureau Esteban Lazo Hernández, president of the National Assembly of People's Power and the Council of State.
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