Abdilleh expressed this during a meeting with the Havana ambassador to the African nation, Marcelo Caballero, to discuss ways to increase the presence of Cuban doctors in the country, which has been operating for more than 20 years.

“Our country is very grateful for the humane work of Cuban doctors, and no external pressure will force us to renounce to them,” he said in response to external campaigns to undermine the Cuban presence in third countries.

The Djiboutian minister’s statements, last February, respond to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s decision to suspend entry visas to the northern power for authorities associated with international medical cooperation agreements with Cuba.

Caballero, in turn, stated that with the upcoming signing of the health agreement between the two nations, Cuba reaffirms its commitment to continue providing medical assistance and, if necessary, increase the number of collaborators.

Currently, nearly 100 Cuban doctors are serving in Djibouti.

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