Diaz Canel Concludes Visit to Santiago de Cuba

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel held Friday in this eastern city the conclusions of his two-day visit to Santiago de Cuba, where he set as priorities of the country preparation for defense and economic development .

'We found a people happy, revolutionary, grateful, committed and that defends what is being done in the city.Every time you visit Santiago de Cuba you appreciate new things and keep the previous ones', he said at the provincial headquarters of the Communist Party (PCC)

Diaz-Canel also pointed out the importance of increasing exports and boosting national production and local development.

The Head of State warned that Cuba must advance in a complex scenario, marked by the resurgence of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States for almost six decades.

At the conclusion of the summary of the Government's visit, the President spoke with santiagueros who waited for four hours to greet him.

The meeting with the population was recurrent in the President's stay in Santiago de Cuba, where he assessed compliance with the indications of his previous visit, made in June 2018.

Since his arrival in the presidency, in April 2018, government visits, in which Vice Presidents and Ministers also participate, has been a priority for Díaz-Canel.

On Thursday, the second cycle of those visits began in Santiago de Cuba, after last month the first one closed in the eastern province of Las Tunas.