President Waqa receives Cuba Ambassador-designate Lago
His Excellency President Baron Waqa
received the Ambassador-designate of Cuba to Nauru at the formal
presentation of credentials at the Office of the President on
Thursday, 15 November.
Ambassador-designate Carlos Manuel
Rojas Lago began his visit with a courtesy call on the Secretary
for Foreign Affairs and Trade Michael Aroi, and was then received
by the Commissioner of Police Corey Caleb for the playing of the
national anthems and inspection of the Police Guard of Honour.
Later, Ambassador Lago was escorted
to the Office of the President for the presentation of
Credentials.
President Waqa welcomed Ambassador
Lago to Nauru, reaffirming the friendship between Nauru and Cuba,
and his desire to strengthen that friendship and grow the two
countries' mutual cooperation and respect.
This afternoon Ambassador Lago will
pay courtesy visits on the Speaker of Parliament Cyril Buramen MP,
and Cabinet Ministers, before attending a dinner hosted by
President Waqa at the Meneñ Hotel this evening.
Ambassador Lago arrived in Nauru
yesterday afternoon, meeting with Secretary for Health Rayong
Itsimaera at the Republic of Nauru hospital where a team of Cuban
health practitioners are engaged.
Ambassador Lago has university
qualifications in both journalism and international political
relations from the University of Havana.
Since 1996 he has spent the
majority of his career in foreign affairs, serving in a variety of
posts in Uganda, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Namibia as well as Indonesia
and Kiribati. He became Cuban Ambassador to Fiji in 2017.
Ambassador Lago will depart Nauru
in the early hours of tomorrow morning, 16 November.