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Kenya has opened an embassy in Havanna, capital of Cuba, in a renewed bid to strengthen relations with the Caribbean region, the Daily Nation newspaper reported.
A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that Kenya is looking to learn from Cuba’s experience in providing health care services to its people in spite of sanctions imposed on it by the US until last year.
Anthony Mwaniki Muchiri will be the new Kenyan ambassador in Cuba. Mr Muchiri, who served as ambassador to Libya before that mission was closed, will head the embassy that will take care of other countries in the region.
On Thursday, Kenya signed a communique with the West Indies islands St Kitts and Nevis to establish diplomatic relations.
This means the Cuban mission will also be handling relations with this country in the Caribbean.
‘This is an important first step and we look forward to further engagements that will lay down a structured framework of cooperation between our two countries,’ Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary (Foreign Minister) Amina Mohamed said after signing the agreement on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
This is the second Kenyan embassy in Latin America after that in Brazil opened in 2006, and also oversees relations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Venezuela.
Kenya and Cuba established diplomatic relations in 2001 and Cuba has run an embassy in Nairobi since then.
See the full story here: http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kenya-opens-Cuba-embassy-to-further-relations/1056-3393760-q50x71/
News source: www.nation.co.ke
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