At official talks with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who is hear on an official visit, Nyusi ratified his solidarity with the brotherly people of Cuba and praised their resilience in the face of these coercive measures, the website the Mozambican Presidency stated.

The world needs to coexist, the peoples need to be together to develop, and there are fundamental, important and essential concerns that need to be solved, and these can only be resolved if there is harmony, understanding and tolerance, the Mozambican head of State noted.

Mozambique is the home to all Cubans, Nyusi pointed out in statements to reporters, in which he thanked Cuba for its help at times as difficult as the Covid-19 pandemic, in addition to the historic cooperation in areas like health care and education.

According to the X (formerly Twitter) account of the Cuban Presidency, Nyusi favored deepening bilateral ties and getting closer in such fields as the biotechnological industry and agriculture.

“We are very happy to be finally in the Republic of Mozambique, a name we have heard practically since we were children with the special affection that has always characterized relations between our peoples,” Díaz-Canel said.

The Cuban statesman expressed gratitude for Mozambique’s unalterable support in the international arena in favor of the lifting of the United States blockade, and noted that this shows the understanding of the impact of that this unfair policy on the people’s standard of living.

Díaz-Canel arrived on Friday morning in Maputo, where he will visit the Assembly of the Republic and lay a wreath in the Heroes’ Square.

He will also visit the Marcelino dos Santos Clinic, the Cuban Embassy here and the Ponta Vermelha Palace.

A meeting with Cuban collaborators who work here, representatives of solidarity movements and Cuban residents is scheduled for Saturday.

The history of cooperation between the two countries is marked by the friendship between the first Mozambican president and independence fighter, Samora Machel, and the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, who visited the city of Beira in March 1977.

From those first moments to date, bilateral relations have been close.

Numerous Mozambicans have benefited from Cuba’s cooperation, both due to the contribution from Cuban aid workers in different fields of economic and social development, as well as the training of thousands of young Mozambicans in Cuba.

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