During the evening, the Cuban head of State acknowledged the actions against the blockade imposed by the US and demanded Cuba’s exclusion from the unilateral list of States sponsoring terrorism, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez reported on X, formerly Twitter.

On Sunday, Díaz-Canel met with more than 100 Cuban collaborators who currently work in the African country and invited them to maintain the prestige achieved in the continued social progress of Namibia.

The head of State wrote on X that he was leaving Namibia and his African tour “with the highest and deepest emotions. For those who gave their blood yesterday and those who provide their cooperation at present.”

During his stay in this African country, Díaz-Canel attended the main ceremony on Heroes’ Day as a guest of honor. He was awarded by his counterpart, Hage Geingob, with the Order of the Most Elderly Welwitschia Mirabilis, Namibia’s highest distinction, and paid tribute to independence fighters.

The Cuban president invited Geingob to pay an official visit to Cuba.

He also proposed, as issues of improvement during the sixth bilateral cooperation meeting to take place this year, to increase the hierarchy of this cooperation mechanism, implement the intergovernmental commission, and boost cooperation between the Communist Party of Cuba and the South West Africa People’s Organization, known as SWAPO Party of Namibia, .

Namibia was the last stop of Díaz-Canel’s tour of African countries, which included official visits to Angola and Mozambique. He also traveled to South Africa to attend the BRICS Summit as President of the Group of 77 (G-77) plus China.

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