{"id":230300,"date":"2022-07-02T18:46:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T16:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/president-kenyatta-holds-talks-with-cuban-foreign-affairs-minister?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-07-02T18:46:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T16:46:10","slug":"president-kenyatta-holds-talks-with-cuban-foreign-affairs-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/president-kenyatta-holds-talks-with-cuban-foreign-affairs-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kenyatta Holds Talks with Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Uhuru Kenyatta today held talks with Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla who paid him a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

During the meeting, President Kenyatta and Mr. Parrilla discussed a wide range of matters of bilateral importance to Kenya and Cuba including the safe return of the Cuban doctors kidnapped in Kenya by Al Shabaab in 2019.<\/p>\n

President Kenyatta assured of the Kenya Government’s commitment to ensuring the release of the Cuban doctors held captive in Somalia.<\/p>\n

At the meeting, the Head of State and Minister Parrilla welcomed the fraternal relations between Kenya and Cuba.<\/p>\n

Appreciating Cuba’s support in the training of Kenyan doctors, President Kenyatta reiterated that Kenya valued its cooperation with the Caribbean nation.<\/p>\n

“I just want to say that we value your support and reiterate that Cuba has a true friend in Kenya. We will always stand in solidarity with you in whatever fora at the multilateral level,” President Kenyatta said.<\/p>\n

On his part, the Cuban Foreign Minister thanked President Kenyatta for his commitment to enhancing the bilateral relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n

Mr. Parrilla, who was accompanied by the Cuban Ambassador to Kenya Juan Manuel Rodriguez Vazquez, said the two countries will continue to work together to strengthen their bilateral ties at all levels.<\/p>\n

He delivered to President Kenyatta a special message from Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel.<\/p>\n

Present were Head of Public Service Dr. Joseph Kinyua, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman and the Director in-charge of the Americas and the Caribbean Directorate, Mr. Patrick Nzusi.<\/p>\n

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Presidency of the Republic of Kenya.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: Africa Newsroom – APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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