Cuban Vice-President Esteban Lazo Hernandez Receives President of the Ghanaian Council of State

Cuban Vice-President Esteban Lazo Hernandez signing the book of condolences for the recently passed Rev. Lucius Walker of the United States who was a longtime friend of the Cuban Revolution. Walker led the IFCO agency and the Pastors for Peace., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.

Havana
February 22, 2012

Esteban Lazo receives President of the Ghanaian Council of State

COUNCIL of State Vice President Esteban Lazo Hernández received in Havana Professor Kofi Awoonor, President of the Council of State of the Republic of Ghana, who is visiting Cuba.

During the meeting the two dignitaries reviewed the current state of excellent bilateral relations and expressed a shared will to strengthen and extend links between Ghana and Cuba. They also discussed issues of international interest.

The distinguished visitor was accompanied by David Sarpong Boateng, Ghanaian ambassador to Cuba, and other members of his diplomatic mission. Present at the meeting on the Cuban side were Alberto Velazco San José, director of Sub-Saharan Africa and other Foreign Ministry officials.