“We will work together to advance our long-standing relationships and development cooperation,” Jaishankar wrote on Platform X, formerly Twitter.
The Indian Foreign Minister released his message with a compilation video on the important moments of the last few years between the two countries such as high-level exchanges, development, economic cooperation and capacity building cooperation.
The video shows images of meetings between Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as well as between Foreign Ministers Bruno Rodríguez and Jaishankar.
India and Cuba enjoy excellent bilateral relations and maintain close contacts with each other in international forums such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and others.
India was one of the first countries to recognize the new Cuban government after the triumph of the revolution, and from that moment a close bond grew between both nations.
Exactly last year, September marked the 50th and 40th anniversaries of the first and second visits of the historic leader of the Cuban revolutionary process, Fidel Castro, to the South Asian country.
Likewise, Indians appreciate the historical significance of Ernesto Guevara's visit to India from June 30 to July 4, 1959, which paved the way for the consolidation of bilateral relations with the establishment of embassies in 1960.
It is memorable to recall the meeting between then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Fidel Castro in New York in 1959, which is described as transcendental in the history of political and diplomatic relations between the two states.
India has consistently supported the resolutions presented by Cuba in the UN General Assembly calling for the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the people of the Caribbean island for more than 60 years.
Although their diplomatic and political relations are excellent, both nations recognize the opportunities to advance economic and trade relations to this level.