Kampala, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Bassam Sabbagh, discussed with his Cuban counterpart, Gerardo Portal, on the sidelines of the Third South Summit held in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, bilateral relations between the two countries and their development.

Portal renewed his country’s condemnation of the Israeli attack that yesterday targeted a residential building in the capital, Damascus, and expressed Cuba’s full solidarity with Syria and its standing by the Syrian people in the face of the attacks they are exposed to, including the Western sanctions imposed on them.

In turn, Sabbagh congratulated the Cuban leadership and people on their outstanding success in leading the Group of 77 and China during the past year, praising the efforts they made in representing this important group and defending its issues.

The two sides stressed the need to enhance coordination and cooperation between them in international forums, to ensure the preservation of their common interests during the ne
gotiation process of summit documents and upcoming international entitlements.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency