HAVANA TIMES – Cuban First Vice President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, received on Wednesday in Havana, Mohsen Bilal, special envoy of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, the official Cuban TV news reported.
The theme of the meeting was the state of the conflict in Syria, where the UN has accused government forces of murder, torture, rape, forced displacement, forced disappearances and other acts, many of which are carried out systematically against civilians.
For his part, Diaz-Canel reaffirmed “the right of the Syrian people to fully exercise self-determination and sovereignty, without interference or any foreign intervention,” referring to US support for opposition forces.
The envoy brought Assad’s greetings to Fidel Castro, and the current president, his brother Raul.
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