Cuba's foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, today lamented the death of Ghana’s defense and environment ministers in a military helicopter crash in the southern region of Ashanti.

Havana, Cuba.- On behalf of the Caribbean Island and through the social network X, the foreign minister expressed “Our deepest condolences to the people and government of Ghana, following the tragic air crash in which the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation died, together with other official authorities of the country”.

Authorities of the African country described as a “national tragedy” the event that occurred on the eve of which the holders of the respective portfolios, Edward Oman Boama and Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, died.

The convoy was heading to an event on illegal mining, one of the environmental problems in the West African country, when the Ghana Armed Forces lost radar contact with the aircraft. (PL)