Minister of Higher Education (center) upon his arrival in Panama. (Photo:PL)
Panama City, June 29 (RHC) The Minister of Higher Education (MES) of Cuba, Walter Baluja, arrived in Panama this Saturday at the head of a delegation from the island that will attend the inauguration of the elected president, José Raúl Mulino.
The officials who will represent the largest of the Antilles at the inauguration on July 1st also include the director of Central America and the Caribbean of the Foreign Ministry, Rafael Dausá; and the ambassador in this capital, Víctor Cairo.
At Tocumen International Airport in the capital, they were received by the Protocol Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Javier Domínguez.
Baluja and the delegation also received greetings from the current Panamanian foreign minister, Janaina Tewaney, a meeting in which the parties ratified the historic ties that unite both countries.
As part of its first activities, the Caribbean delegation will pay tribute to the National Hero José Martí, with the placement of a wreath at the bust that perpetuates his memory in the emblematic Belisario Porras park, in this capital.
In addition to the protocol events, the visitors will exchange with the staff of the state mission, hold a meeting with authorities from higher education centers, participate in an act of solidarity with Cuba and tour places of economic and social interest on the isthmus, according to the agenda. planned.
Mulino’s inauguration will take place at noon next Monday at the Atlapa Convention Center in the capital, after the National Assembly (AN, unicameral parliament) is installed at the Justo Arosemena Palace (legislative headquarters).
In both ceremonies, the new ruler is expected to intervene, after the presentation of the AN board of directors and once the presidential sash, made by the renowned Colombian tailor, Luis Abel Delgado, is placed on him.
The organizing committee of the transfer indicated that heads of state or government, chancellors, ministers, international organizations and other authorities from more than twenty nations have confirmed their attendance at these ceremonies.
The official programme includes the arrival and reception of delegations on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June 2024.
Tomorrow, the outgoing President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo, will host a State Dinner in honor of the Heads of State and/or Government and Representatives of the Reigning Houses.
For her part, Foreign Minister Janaina Tewaney awaits the delegations not headed by dignitaries in reception, during which the respective Credential Letters for the Acts of Transmission of Command for the period 2024-2029 will be received through the General Directorate of State Protocol and Ceremony. (Source: PL)
