“We reiterate our commitment to continue strengthening the ties of friendship and cooperation between both countries,” the Foreign Ministry stated on the social network X.

On October 12, 1968, Equatorial Guinea proclaimed its independence from Spain. The colony had been formed through the union of various territories earlier in the century.

During Franco dictatorship, it held provincial status, divided into Fernando Poo (today Bioko) and Rio Muni. Starting in 1963, due to international pressure, it became an autonomous region with a democratic government.

Equatorial Guinea is one of two African countries with Spanish as an official language, one of the continent’s smallest nations, and the third-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa.

For more than four decades, bonds of brotherhood and collaboration have united Havana and Malabo—excellent bilateral relations that today see a group of Cuban professionals contributing to the nation’s social and economic development, primarily in the health and education sectors.

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