Havana: The foreign ministers of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, and Canada, Chrystia Freeland, held a meeting in Havana where they discussed the historical links between the two nations, Prensa Latina publishes.

In his Twitter account, the head of the Cuban diplomacy informed that he thanked the visitor for his country's support for the resolution that Cuba presents each year at the United Nations on the need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by States United (USA) for six decades.

Rodriguez also expressed to Freeland his gratitude for Canada's opposition to the Helms-Burton Act, which internationalizes those unilateral coercive measures in Washington.

He also stated that he took note of the return of some migratory services (interrupted at the beginning of this summer), and advocated the prompt normalization of the work of that country's embassy in Havana.

According to the Foreign Ministry, the Cuban Foreign Minister reiterated last June, in Toronto, to his counterpart, the concern about the suspension of visa granting services to Cubans at his Consulate in the capital of all Cubans.

That decision affected exchanges in various sectors of the bilateral relationship, particularly Cuban, Canadian and mixed families.

There is no evidence of risks to the security of Canadian diplomats or other countries in Havana, nor any justification for the withdrawal or reduction of personnel from their diplomatic mission, he reiterated.

Given this, Ottawa communicated the availability of several visa and biometrics services (fingerprints and a photo) at the Canadian Embassy in Cuba from August 1.

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