Cuban First Vice President Welcomes OPCW General Director

Diaz-Canel and the visiting top official talked about the good state of relations between OPCW and Cuba, and reiterated the common willingness to continue strengthening them.

Cuban First Vice President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, received the General Director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ahmet Üzümcü, who’s currently paying a working visit to the island.

Diaz-Canel and Üzümcü talked about the good state of ties between OPCW and Cuba, while reiterating the common willingness to continue strengthening them.

As a prove of that, they highlighted the carrying out in Havana of a Regional Course on medical aspects for assistance and protection against chemical weapons for Latin America and Caribbean States, which is developed from October 20 to 23.

They also talked about other issues of interest related to the promotion of exchange of chemical substances and scientific information with peaceful aims.