Díaz-Canel will meet this Tuesday with Pope Francis and the Italian head of state

President Cuban, Miguel Diaz-Canelwill be received tomorrow Tuesday at The Vatican for him Pope Francisco and will also meet with the head of state Italian, Sergio Mattarellain the visit that he will make to Europe from June 20 to 24.

The Pope’s first audience with Díaz-Canel will be in the pontifical palace at 10:00 a.m. (8:00 GMT) and will follow the protocol of all heads of state, although it will be in the classroom adjacent to the paul vi auditoriumconfirmed The Vaticanwhile at first there had been talk of a strictly private visit.

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The meeting will take place a few days after Francisco was discharged last Friday after spending nine days hospitalized for an operation on an abdominal hernia.

While the Cuban president is expected for his interview with Mattarella at 4:00 p.m. local time (2:00 p.m. GMT) at the Quirinal Palaceheadquarters of the Head of State, the Italian presidency informed EFE.

Later, Díaz Canel will travel to the headquarters of the United Nations for the Agriculture and Food (FAO) to meet with the Director-General, What Dongyusources from the United Nations body confirmed to EFE.

The Cuban president, who will arrive tonight at Romewill participate this Wednesday in Paris as president of the group of 77 (group of underdeveloped and developing countries) + China at the Summit for a new World Financial Compactconfirmed in a statement the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Díaz Canel also informed on his social networks of his visit to Serbian. “Surely they will be intense days during which we will work to continue promoting and diversifying our links in pursuit of the development of Cuba”, he wrote on Twitter.

The official Cuban delegation is also made up of a member of the Political Bureau of the Cuban Communist Party and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez Parrillaas well as vice ministers and other directors of the Foreign Ministry while his wife will also accompany him to his appointment in the Vatican, Lis Cuesta Peraza.

According to some media, in the Vatican, Díaz-Canel will also meet with the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolínwhere bilateral issues are normally dealt with in greater detail and mediation for the release of some political prisoners will be addressed.

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Miguel Díaz-Canel is the third president of Cuba, since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, who goes to the Vatican then Fidel Castro met with three Popes: John Paul IIin the Vatican (1996) and in Havana (1998 and also in the Cuban capital with Benedict XVIalready as a former president and also with Francisco who went to his house when he was already sick, in 2015).

For his part, RaulFidel’s brother, met with the Pope Francisco on three occasions: first in the Vatican (May 2015) and then twice in the Cuban capital (September 2015 and February 2016). In this last visit, the pope and the patriarch cyril signed in the José Martí airport of Havana the historic joint declaration.

Source: Elcomercio

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