The Cuban president reaffirmed the will of the Caribbean country to continue strengthening the ties of friendship and cooperation between both nations and peoples.

Likewise, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez sent a congratulatory message to his Indian counterpart, Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, to whom he conveyed best wishes for the welfare and prosperity of the Indian people and reaffirmed the will to continue strengthening the ties of friendship and bilateral cooperation.

India celebrated on Thursday the Republic Day, a date that commemorates the coming into force of the Constitution of the South Asian country, on January 26, 1950, the culminating moment in its process of independence from British colonialism.

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