Cuban First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura returned to Cuba on Thursday after participating in the High Level Meeting of the 63rd Period of Sessions of the UN General Assembly in New York.
During his stay in New York, Machado Ventura took part in three UN events and held 12 bilateral meetings with dignitaries from all over the world.
He also participated in a rally in solidarity with the five Cuban political prisoners in the United States and met with the Cuban personnel and relatives of the Cuban Permanent Delegation before the United Nations.
According to Granma news daily, the head of the Foreign Relations Department at the Central Committee of Cuba’s Communist Party, Fernando Remirez de Estenoz, also returned accompanying Machado Ventura.
In the meantime, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque and other officials of the Cuban Foreign Ministry continue participating in the sessions of the UN General Assembly.