President James Michel stressed the value of Cuban contributions to Seychelles' healthcare system, after receiving the Caribbean island''s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez yesterday, on an official visit here.
Cuba has a collaborative brigade in this country comprised of 38 physicians, and health and sports technicians.

Michel recalled that during his visit to Havana in 2009, he could verify the Cuban progress in these spheres, and reiterated his government's opposition to the U.S. blockade against Cuba, the Cuban ambassador to Victoria, Orlando Alvarez, told Prensa Latina.

Rodriguez also held official talks with his Seychelles peer, Jean-Paul Adam, and was received by Vice President Danny Faure and the Speaker of Parliament, Patrick Hermine.

The visit of the chief Cuban diplomat has resulted in a rich exchange on many issues of bilateral interest as well as the regional and international agenda. The negative effects of climate change on small island economies were also discussed, Alvarez said.