Cuban Communist Party (PCC) Organization Secretary Roberto Morales made that remark during the visit to Havana by Bounthong Chitmany, a member of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP).

Both leaders participated in this capital on Monday in the opening ceremony of the 2nd Theoretical Seminar between the two political groups, aimed at analyzing the role of those organizations in human development to meet needs, preserve culture, and strengthen national values.

According to Morales, Cuba and Laos are united by the desire to build socialism with their characteristics as the only way to preserve national sovereignty.

The Cuban leader explained that the construction of socialism is a political and revolutionary task that must result from the development of the conscience and education of people for socialism.

Chitmany expressed his country’s support for Cuba’s struggle against the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States for more than 60 years ago.

The visitor recalled that November 24 will mark the 50th anniversary of relations between the two countries.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who described on his X account the state of bilateral relations as excellent, and expressed his interest in strengthen them, met with the senior Laotian leader at the Palace of the Revolution (seat of the Government) on Sunday.

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