Cuban President offers condolences to Syria on earthquake victims, stresses his country’s support
Havana (ST): Cuban President Miguel Canel Diaz Bermúdez, during his visit to the Syrian embassy in Havana, offered his condolences over the victims of the violent earthquake that hit Syria on the sixth of this month, wishing a speedy recovery for the injured.
In a statement he wrote in the condolence book at the embassy, the Cuban president expressed his country’s full support for the Syrian leadership and people in dealing with the repercussions of the earthquake, stressing that Cuba always stands by its friend, Syria, and that the Syrian people and the Cuban people are brothers.
He said: “On behalf of the people and government of Cuba, I express my heartfelt condolences to the people and government of brotherly Syria over the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit it last week”.
He expressed Cuba’s solidarity with the families and relatives of the victims, stressing that “the Syrian people and government can count on Cuba’s solidarity in these difficult moments.”
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