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Saturday,
March 13, 2010
(02:30 hrs) |
 Salvadoran
FM Describes Visit to Cuba as Historic
HAVANA, Cuba-. Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez Bonilla,
who is in Havana on an official visit at the invitation of his
counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, described this visit as a
historic moment in the bilateral relationship between Cuba and El
Salvador.
“This is the first time that a Salvadoran FM visits Cuba since both
nations established diplomatic relations in 1902,” Martinez Bonilla
recalled after placing a floral wreath before the monument dedicated
to Cuban National Hero Jose Marti at the Revolution Square in
Havana, on friday.
The distinguished visitor, accompanied by Cuban Deputy FM Marcos
Rodriguez Costa, toured the Jose Marti Memorial where he learned
details
of Martí’s life and work.
Speaking with reporters there, he announced that during his stay in
the Caribbean nation he will inaugurate the Salvadoran embassy in
Havana
and will sign a bilateral framework agreement.
“We are looking forward to signing these agreement and others in the
fields of education, health, science and technology,” he stressed
and
added that the current integration process in Latin America and the
Caribbean is necessary and transcendental.
Martinez Bonilla and his accompanying delegation will visit the
Havana-based Latin American School of Medicine. He will also hold
official
talks with his Cuban counterpart.
Cuba and El Salvador established diplomatic relations on November
11,
1902, and they were interrupted by El Salvador in March 1961. Then,
after
the electoral victory of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation
front,
President Mauricio Funes decided to resume bilateral diplomatic
relations
on June 1, 2008.
Source:
Cuban News Agency
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