Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, received on Wednesday afternoon, at the Palace of the Revolution, Yvan Gil, Foreign Minister of Venezuela, who is making an official visit to the island.

During the meeting, the Head of State sent an affectionate greeting to his counterpart Nicolás Maduro Moros, reported X the Presidency.

Likewise, Díaz-Canel stressed the importance of Gil’s presence in the largest Antillean Island and congratulated Venezuela for the successful holding of the last ALBA Summit, which he described as a solid event.

Venezuela will always be able to count on Cuba for all the cooperation it needs, the President said.

For his part, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister thanked Cuba for all its support and conveyed President Maduro’s greetings of affection and solidarity.

In addition, he spoke of important joint challenges to be overcome, in short-term and long-term situations.

On Wednesday, Gil also exchanged with Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a dialogue in which they advocated for strengthening the existing bilateral ties and expanding the collaboration agreements in the areas of health, education, science and technology for a greater economic and productive benefit of both peoples.