The governments of Cuba and Serbia signed a visa exemption agreement for official and diplomatic passports, although the travel restriction for citizens remains in force.
The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported the agreement this Wednesday, through its Twitter account.
At the signing of the agreements, which includes a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in agriculture, were presentMiguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and Aleksandar Vučić, top leaders of Cuba and Serbia, respectively.
The announcement of the visa exemption for official and diplomatic Cuban passports comes three months afterSerbia establishes a travel permit for Cuban citizens, except those who have temporary or permanent residence in that country, or have previously obtained a long-term visa.
The measure was adopted to guarantee a safe trip and a pleasant stay in the European country, according to the Serbian embassy in Havana.
Díaz-Canel arrived in Serbia on an official visit this Wednesday and said that his objective is to seek economic, commercial and investment links in areas of common interest, such as agriculture, biotechnology, culture, sports, education, health and tourism.
"We note with satisfaction the excellent state of political ties," the president wrote on his Twitter account.
His counterpart, Vučić, expressed that he was proud to speak with the leader of the Cuban Communist Party.
"Cuba and Serbia are independent, sovereign, libertarian countries and that is something that unites our people," Vučić wrote. "In the heart of Europe they have a people who support them."
Serbia is a country on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe, with plateaus in the north and mountains with ski resorts in the south. The capital, Belgrade, has architecture from the communist era and has the Kalemegdan Park, where the Belgrade Fortress is located, successively subjugated by the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires.
In Cuba there are several types ofpassport, among them the diplomat and the officer. The first of them is granted to those people who will travel carrying out activities outside the country, with a governmental nature.
The official passport is granted when the trip is for reasons of interest of certain social, political and mass organizations or state agencies.
It may also be granted to close relatives who must accompany the applicant when they go abroad. There is an official collective passport, which is granted to groups of citizens who will travel together for an institutional interest.
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