Panama’s head of state, Juan Carlos Varela, announced on Thursday that he will travel to Cuba on September 9 with a delegation of businessmen of his country, with the main objective of boosting trade between the two nations.

According to information provided by the Prensa Latina news agency, the president also informed that another aspect of the visit is the relaxation of visa procedures as well as the change from restricted to stamped visas for Cuban citizens, Radio Reloj reported.

He added that in the reopening of the relations between Cuba and the United States Panama plays an important role, and will cooperate with that ease of migration procedures.

The Panamanian President informed that later he will visit Philadelphia to attend the Congress of Family, and then continue to New York, where he will participate in the 69th ordinary period of sessions of the UN General Assembly.