HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 24 (ACN) Akram Mohammad Samhan, ambassador of the State of Palestine to Cuba, was decorated in Havana with the Friendship Medal, in recognition of his contribution to the strengthening of fraternal ties between the two nations.
On behalf of the President of the Republic, the first deputy minister of foreign affairs, Gerardo Peñalver Portal, awarded the high recognition to the Palestinian diplomat, who will soon complete his mission at the head of the Embassy of that country to the island.
As reported by the foreign ministry on its website, in the ceremony, which took place at the headquarters of that agency, deputy minister Josefina Vidal Ferreiro highlighted the progress and consolidation of bilateral relations between Cuba and Palestine under the management of ambassador Samhan and his diplomatic mis