Africa-Press – Angola. The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered, through its Twitter account, Angola’s victory in the battle of Cuito Cuanavale to be transcendental, as well as for Namibia’s independence, marking the way to the definitive defeat of apartheid.
On the same account, do remembers March 23 as a historic event, with which combatants from both countries reaffirmed the sovereignty of Angola and beyond.
Apart from this position, in a political-cultural act organized by the Cuban Armed Forces and chaired by the Minister of Defense, Alvaro Lopez Miera, the historic battle was also praised as a “symbol of resistance and courage, not only for survival in the face of the vicissitudes of the struggle , but also by the iron will of those who gave everything on that front”.
At the Fidel Castro Centre, a public institution destined to disseminate, study and investigate the thought and work of the former leader of the Cuban revolution, the director of the institution, Rene Barrios, said that Angola is a brilliant, clean, honorable and transparent page in history of solidarity between peoples, internationalism, as well as the contribution of Cubans to the cause of freedom and human improvement.
The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale took place from November 15, 1987 to March 23, 1988. The victory over the South African invaders forced the Pretoria regime of South Africa to withdraw from Angola and initiate peace talks which paved the way for the process of dismantling Apartheid.
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