With regards to his meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro, Bacai Sanha added that it was cordial and fruitful and that they reviewed the state of bilateral relations and spoke of topics of international interest.

“Cuba will continue to have the support of Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Bissau can count on Cuba as a friend and as a commercial partner,” noted the African leader minutes before his departure at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport where he was seen off by Deputy Foreign Minister Ana Teresita Fraga.

During his stay in the Cuban capital, Bacai Sanha paid tribute to African independence leader Amilcar Cabral, who was born in Guinea-Bissau, and to the Cuban internationalists who died fighting for the independence and sovereignty of African nations. He also laid a floral wreath before the monument dedicated to Cuban National Hero Jose Marti at the Revolution Square in Havana.