Cuba and Argentina Sign Memorandum of Understanding

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 8 (acn) With the aim of continuing political consultation mechanisms between foreign ministries that perfect dialogue on bilateral affairs, Cuba and the Republic of Artgentina signed in this capital a memorandum of understanding.

The document was signed by Bruno Rodriguez, Cuban Foreign Minister, and by Hector Marcos Timerman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the South American country, who is in Cuba on an official visit.
Prior to the ceremony, the Argentinean Foreign Minister described as excellent relations between the two countries, in which "we will establish more and better friendship ties and mechanisms for this to be effective; we believe that these years have been very fruitful," he pointed out.
Timerman demanded the end of the unjust economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the island, and called for the immediate return of the territory illegally occupied in Guantanamo.
In the presence of officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of the Argentinean delegation, Bruno Rodriguez asserted that Latin America and the Caribbean have made progress in terms of integration, coordination and of the defense of the interests of their peoples, at a time of growing threats to peace and equity.
He reiterated Cuba's support for the cause of the Falklands, a territory of the fraternal nation of Argentina, and called for a respectful dialogue on the basis of sovereign equality, allowing that claim.