Akie Abe, spouse of the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, attended the activities organized by the Cuban embassy in this capital, on occasion of the International Women's Day, it was reported today.
According to a press release by the Cuban diplomatic representation, the wife of the Prime Minister was accompanied by Japanese designer Junko Koshino, whose study served as venue for the celebration.
Akie Abe, who received a bouquet of flowers from the hands of Cuban ambassador Marcos Rodriguez, thanked the invitation and congratulated the women attending the activity.
Designer Koshino made a presentation of her professional work carried out in that nation with Cuban models.
She particularly stressed the runway shows presented in the famous Tropicana Cabaret and the Hotel Nacional, among other places of interests in Havana.
The meeting ended with the performance of two Japanese singers who sang classic opera songs, and a Cuban musical quartet that closed the event with happy rhythms of the Cuban music.
Among the Japanese participants were the wife of the Parliamentary Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the general director of the Economic Department at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, and other prominent women from many sectors of the Japanese society.
Female ambassadors, and the spouses of ambassadors from Latin American and other countries also attended the activity along a group of other women friends of Cuba.