Diplomats from Lebanon and Cuba highlighted today in Beirut the good state of bilateral relations, during a meeting in which the local Foreign Ministry promoted the Third World Congress of Lebanese Émigrés scheduled for May, Prensa Latina reports.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received Ollanta Humala Tasso, President of the Republic of Peru, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 18 (acn) The Director General of the United States Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Josefina Vidal, made statements in Havana to the press on the visit to Cuba of U.S. President Barak Obama on March 21 and 22.

Cuba's Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca said on Tuesday in Washington DC that US companies will not be discriminated in Cuba once the US restrictions imposed on their firms are lifted.

The Electric Company from the city of Havana and Geomineria from the province of Pinar del Rio are currently modernizing the underground electricity network with some 20 working brigades in the streets of Prado and Neptuno in the Cuban capital.

Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso, President of the Republic of Peru, will arrive in Cuba on Thursday on an official visit, the Granma newspaper reports.

A colloquium dedicated to the 90th birthday of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, captures today the attention of the program of the 25th International Book Fair, Cuba 2016.

Bruno Rodriguez, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry with the U.S. Secretary of Transport, Anthony Foxx, who traveled to Cuba to participate in the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of regular flights between Cuba and the US The digital Web site www.cubaminrex.cu reported that the Secretary was accompanied by the Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs of the State Department, Charles Rivkin, the Deputy Chief of the U.S. Embassy to Cuba, Scott Hamilton, and other officials from the Departments of Transport and State.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, received Raul Sendic Rodriguez, Vice-president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

The National Customs Service of Ecuador and the General Customs of Cuba signed in Quito on Monday a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation and assistance between the two entities, Prensa Latina reported.

Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Vice-president of the Council of Ministers, held talks on Monday afternoon with Raul Fernando Sendic, Vice-president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, who is in Cuba on an official visit.

On February 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba issued the following statement regarding a Hellfire missile that had arrived by mistake in Cuba.

Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro said that the upmost duty of all human beings is fighting for peace, in an article published on Granma newspaper on Monday.

Army General Raul Castro, president of the councils of State and Ministers, saw off His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, with a cordial embrace today in this city, who will continue his tour of Paraguay and Brazil.