After the solemn ceremony held at Havana’s Colon Cemetery, the head of state toured the mausoleum accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister Ana Teresita Gonzalez, and Brigadier General Delsa Esther Puebla.

To visit his place, to pay tribute to these men, is to recall the past that makes us live today; that’s my homage, the head of state told the press.

Also present in the ceremony were Colonel Victor Dreke, member of the national committee of the Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution and Foreign Ministry officials.

This is the second time Bacai Sanha visits Cuba; the first visit took place in August, 1996, when he was the president of his country’s National Assembly.
Upon his arrival on Friday, Bacai Sanha honored African leader Amilcar Cabral at the park devoted to African National Heroes, and on Monday afternoon he laid a wreath by the monument to Cuba’s National Hero Jose Marti, located at Revolution Square.

A meeting with Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, has also been scheduled.

The Guinean delegation is made up by Ministers of State Soares Sambu, counselor for Political and Diplomatic Affairs and Angelo Agusto Regalla, who is also the Presidential Spokesman, as well as other ministers and officials from Guinea Bissau’s state and government.