Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, president of the Councils of State and Ministers received on the afternoon of June 3, Agustín Rossi, minister of Defense of the Republic of Argentina and the accompanying delegation, who visited the country at the invitation of the Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR).

During the encounter, Raúl and Rossi discussed the historic links which unite both countries and the mutual commitment to continue to strengthen them.

Rossi was accompanied by Juliana Isabel Marino, ambassador for Argentina in Cuba; Lieutenant General Luis María Carena, head of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces; Brigadier General Mario Miguel Callejo, head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces; Admiral Gastón Fernando Erice, head of the General Staff of the Navy; and Dr. Roberto de Luise, deputy secretary of International Affairs of Defense.