Banjul, Feb.
11 - The Gambian deputy and head of the Health Commission of the Parliament of
this African nation, Ousman Sillah, today paid tribute to José Martí, before
the newly erected bust in honor of the National Hero of Cuba at the diplomatic
headquarters of the largest of the Antilles here.
Sillah and
his host, the Ambassador of the Caribbean Island, Rubén G. Abelenda, deposited
flowers before the sculpture of Martí, prior to a friendly and friendly
encounter, in which they agreed to strengthen interparliamentary relations
between their respective countries, and increase even plus those existing in
health care.
The
legislator for the Popular Democratic Organization for Independence and
Socialism Party (PDOIS) highlighted the solidarity and humanitarian assistance
provided by the Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) that has been working in the Gambia
for more than two decades.
He added that
his people will be eternally grateful to the doctors and care staff of the Dean
of the Antillean archipelago who during all these years have healed and saved
the lives of many of his countrymen, always with love and affection.
Next, the
deputy said that Gambia and Cuba have to support each other because they are
two small countries twinned by friendship, solidarity, their blood ties and
history.
For his part,
Ambassador Abelenda highlighted the hospitality and fraternity of the Gambians,
and took the opportunity to thank all the nations of this continent for the
support given to their country in the long struggle against the blockade
imposed by the United States.
In that
regard, he stressed that the eve, in Addis Ababa, the African Union (AU)
adopted for a time, with the unanimous vote of its members, a new Resolution
that rejects the illegal economic, commercial and financial siege of Washington
to Cuba.
The diplomat
concluded by pointing out that the grateful will always be accompanied.
