Cuba hopes for strengthened relations with Japan in a wide range of areas and also wants to normalize ties with the United States, its longtime nemesis, sometime in the future, Vice President Carlos Lage said in a written interview with The Japan Times.
"Cooperation between our two countries (Japan and Cuba) is ongoing, and we look forward to its expansion," Lage wrote prior to his first official visit to Japan next week.
Lage said his visit will be aimed at deepening mutual knowledge between Cuba and Japan, and he expressed hope that it will become a "modest contribution to the strengthening and consolidation of our historical, wide-ranging links."