Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel congratulated Al Mayadeen Media Network on the 11th anniversary of its founding.

On his Twitter account, Diaz-Canel shared a video clip with a post dedicated to Al Mayadeen channel and commented: "From Cuba, congratulations to my friend Ghassan ben Jeddou and the staff of Al Mayadeen Arabic channel, especially its website in Spanish."

On the occasion of #AlMayadeen's eleventh anniversary, the #Cuban President tweeted saying, "From #Cuba, congratulations to my friend Ghassan ben Jeddou and the staff of Al Mayadeen Arabic channel, especially its website in Spanish."@DiazCanelB#Resolute #ثابتون
#الميادين pic.twitter.com/WqBiRujZIn

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) June 11, 2023

Diaz-Canel highlighted that Al Mayadeen is playing a great effort in presenting the truth to the people.

Following a presidential decree, the Cuban President decorated in mid-March the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Mayadeen Media Network, Ghassan Ben Jeddou, with the Cuban Medal of Friendship in recognition and appreciation of his efforts in media and journalism, during a ceremony held in the National Library in commemoration of the National Press Day, in the presence of a milieu of journalists, writers, and political analysts.

الرئيس الكوبي ميغيل دياز كانيل يقلد رئيس شبكة #الميادين الإعلامية غسان بن جدو وسام الصداقة الكوبي، تقديراً لجهوده وجهود الميادين في الدفاع عن #كوبا ومنجزات ثورتها، ولتاريخه الإعلامي المناضل والمدافع عن القضايا العادلة في العالم. @wafyibrahim @PresidenciaCuba@DiazCanelB pic.twitter.com/6uXTjwOM7d

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) March 15, 2023

On his part, Ben Jeddou expressed his gratitude for receiving the medal, stressing that Cuba and Al Mayadeen are following in the footsteps of the [Cuban] revolution of defending humanity and liberation across the world.

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