Cuban VP begins tour to Africa

Salvador Valdes Mesa, Vice President of Cuba, at the head of a Cuban delegation, begins today a 10-day tour to African countries.

Valdes Mesa, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba, will make official visits to Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Rwanda and Ethiopia, according to the foreign ministry of Cuba.

As part of the programs scheduled for the tour, which will last until November 22, Valdes Mesa will hold meetings with his counterparts and other authorities of those countries.

The official Cuban delegation also includes Tania Margarita Cruz Hernandez, first deputy minister of public health, and Angel Villa Hernandez, deputy director general of bilateral affairs of the foreign ministry.