Cuban president congratulates Kim Jong-un on re-election, affirms 'commitment to expanding friendship'
Published: 09 Apr. 2026, 12:50
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Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel delivers a welcome address to politicians and activists of the Nuestra América Convoy at the Havana Convention Palace in Havana on March 20. [EPA/YONHAP]
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on his re-election as the country's top leader and reaffirmed Cuba's commitment to strengthening ties with Pyongyang, the North's state media said on Thursday.
“I affirm that I place high importance on relations with [North Korea],” the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted Díaz-Canel as saying in a message to Kim earlier this month.
“I once again affirm our commitment to expanding friendship, cooperation and solidarity between our two countries,” the Cuban leader also said in the letter congratulating Kim on his re-election as president of the state affairs commission at a recent parliamentary session.
North Korea and Cuba, longtime allies, appear to be mending ties frayed by Cuba's surprise establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 2024.
Kim and Díaz-Canel reportedly met while traveling to China to attend a military parade in Beijing in September last year.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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