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Relations between Fiji and Cuba were further strengthened on July 1st, 2010 at a ceremony in Havana.  Fiji’s Ambassador to Cuba, Mr Peter Thomson, presented his letters of credence to Cuba’s Vice-President, Mr Estavan Hernandez, at the Palace of the Revolution in Cuba’s capital.

Following discussions between Vice-President Hernandez and Ambassador Thomson, an Honour Guard of the Cuban Revolutionary Forces was inspected and the Fiji national anthem was played by a military band.  Ambassador Thomson then laid a wreath on behalf of the Government and People of Fiji at the tomb of Jose Marti, Cuba’s hero of independence.

While in Cuba, Ambassador Thomson held a series of meetings with Deputy Ministers of the Cuban Government to discuss development assistance in the spirit of South-South cooperation.  Areas of discussion included the training of Fijian medical students in Cuba, the despatch of Cuban medical teachers to Fiji and possibilities of external funding through “triangular cooperation” as encouraged by the South-South movement.

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