President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has sent a message of congratulations to the Government and people of the Republic of Cuba on the occasion making their 58^th Independence Anniversary (Triumph of the Revolution) on January 1, 2017.

Cuba celebrates January 1, of each year as the victory day of the late Fidel Castro’s Revolution in 1959 – after Fulgencio Batista fled the night before – which established the present government in Cuba.

According to a Foreign Ministry release, President Sirleaf, in her congratulatory message to the President of the Republic of Cuba, His Excellency Raul Castro Ruz, extended heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to him and through him, to the Government and the people of that great country.

She indicated that as Cuba commemorates this momentous day, the Government and people of Liberia recall the historical and cordial ties of friendship subsisting between the two countries, reflected on the increasing cooperation prominently demonstrated by the reopening of their mission near Monrovia on December 9, 2016 coupled with the presentation of credentials by Liberia’s Ambassador accredited near Havana on November 14, 2016.

President Sirleaf prayed that on this occasion, the Almighty God will continue to endow His Excellency Mr. Castro Ruz, with good health, happiness and wisdom as he leads the great people of the Republic of Cuba; and for the people, peace, unity and enduring prosperity.