Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Tuesday welcomed his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel in a meeting to strengthen relations between the two countries.
At the meeting, which was attended by the Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, Deputy Foreign Minister Anayansi Rodriguez and the Cuban Ambassador to Italy Mirta Granda, a great number of issues of mutual interest were discussed, diplomatic sources reported.
Both sides reaffirmed the historic and stable bilateral relations between Cuba and Italy as well as the willingness to continue strengthening relations.
Italy is rated Cuba´s top-10 trading partners, holds a historic stance against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, and has been supporting Cuba at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) since 1995 in order to put an end to such a hostile and unilateral measure.
Mattarella emphasized in a note sent to President Díaz-Canel in April 2018 that “the historic and strong friendship relations that unite our countries are the foundation of particularly intense and dynamic bilateral relations,” a stance that still remains nowadays.
From wikipedia
Italy (Italian: Italian), officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it consists of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands; its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region.
Italy shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione, and some islands in the African Plate. Italy covers an area of 301,230 km2 (116,310 sq mi), with a population of about 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy’s capital and largest city is Rome.
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