The organization’s secretary general, Nikos Mottas, spoke about the motivations of the call and gave the floor to Cuban ambassador to Greece, Zelmys Maria Dominguez Cortina, who thanked those present for their support and permanent solidarity.

The diplomat explained the current situation of the deterioration of the relations between Cuba and the United States, the hostile policy of the Donald Trump administration and the worsening of the economic, financial and commercial blockade Washington has maintained on the island.

She reiterated the Cuban people’s will to continue the updating of their economic and social model, ‘with support of the people, who are the leaders of the revolution and whose participation in the elections reaffirms their will to continue that work for a free and sovereign country.’

He also reaffirmed the Cuban solidarity with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, its right to choose its own destiny and denounced the maneuvers against the legitimate government of that country.

The ambassador announced the celebration here of the contest ‘With Cuba in the heart’, for sons of Cuban residents and friends of the solidarity, whose award will be in January 2019 in tribute to National Hero José Martí and the triumph of the revolution.

Friends of Cuba from several spheres of the society, members of the Greek-Cuban Friendship Association and the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), attended the activity.

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Rodríguez was received at the airport by the Director of the Department of Protocol of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aglaia Balta.

The Cuban delegation accompanying Rodríguez is composed of Minrex Director for Europe and Canada, Elio Rodríguez Perdomo; Ambassador Barbara Montalvo, head of the Foreign Ministry Secretariat; and Zelmys María Domínguez Cortina, Cuban ambassador to Greece.

During his stay, the Cuban Foreign Minister will hold official talks with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Kotzias, and other government leaders.

Rodríguez Parrilla’s visit is aimed at strengthening the positive relations that exist between Cuba and Greece, and continuing to expand ties in the political, diplomatic and economic-commercial spheres, among other areas of mutual interest.

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Hon. Mr. Alexis Tsipras

Prime Minister of Greece:

I warmly congratulate you for your brilliant political victory, details of which I followed closely through the channel TeleSur.

Greece is very familiar among Cubans. She taught us Philosophy, Art and Sciences of antiquity when we studied at school and, with them, the most complex of all human activities: the art and science of politics.

Your country, especially your courage in the current situation, arouses admiration among the Latin American and Caribbean peoples of this hemisphere on witnessing how Greece, against external aggression, defends its identity and culture. Nor do they forget that a year after Hitler’s attack on Poland, Mussolini ordered his troops to invade Greece, and that brave country repelled the attack and drove back the invaders, forcing the deployment of German armored units towards Greece, diverting them from the initial target.

Cuba knows of the bravery and the fighting capacity of the Russian troops, which, together with the forces of their powerful ally the People’s Republic of China, and other nations of the Middle East and Asia, always try to avoid war, but would never allow for any military aggression without an overwhelming and devastating response.

In the current political situation of the world, where peace and the survival of our species hangs by a thread, every decision, more than ever, must be carefully thought-out and applied, so that no one may doubt the honesty and seriousness with which many of the most responsible and serious leaders struggle today to confront the calamities that threaten the world.

We wish you, esteemed compañero Alexis Tsipras, the greatest of success.

Fraternally,

5 July, 2015

8:12 p.m.