Nguema Owono, who received this Tuesday the head of government of the Caribbean nation and the delegation accompanying him in his official visit to the country, said that the siege of more than six decades is an injustice and expressed his solidarity with the island.

¨What is happening hurts us, and we will do the impossible to help Cuba, a friendly and brotherly country¨, he assured, according to the Cuban government’s X account.

In turn, Marrero affirmed that both countries are in a position to move on to a stage of greater strengthening and expansion of economic and trade relations in sectors of mutual interest.

He also expressed the desire to strengthen inter-parliamentary ties between the two countries.

This is the last day of the Prime Minister’s visit to Equatorial Guinea, during which the day before he held a meeting with President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

During the talks, the president stressed the importance that Cuba attaches to Africa and the work of the medical and educational brigades of the Caribbean nation in his country.

The head of government of the Caribbean nation, for his part, conveyed to the Equatoguinean head of state greetings from the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Army General Raúl Castro, and the president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and expressed his gratitude for deciding to strengthen ties between the two nations.

This Monday, both parties signed an update of the Framework Cooperation Agreement, as well as a protocol for the implementation of the Binational Working Group.

In the presence of the Cuban head of government and his Equatorial Guinean counterpart, Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua, the agreements were signed by the island’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Déborah Rivas, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Diaspora, Simeon Oyono Esono.

The signing ceremony took place after a work meeting between the delegations of both countries, where the need to diversify cooperation and economic and trade relations for mutual benefit was ratified.

Marrero held official talks with his counterpart, exchange from which transcended the willingness to raise economic, trade and cooperation relations to the same level of political relations.

Also on Monday he held talks with Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, who in his X account highlighted the brotherhood between Equatorial Guinea and Cuba, rooted in historical and cultural ties.

“During our conversation, I have told Marrero of Equatorial Guinea’s firm position against the economic blockade that the Caribbean country has been suffering for years.”

“We have also talked about the possibility of expanding our cooperation in other areas of development; above all, in the tourism sector,” he wrote on the social network.

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