During a round of Inter-Chancellery Political Consultations held in Havana between Anayansi Rodriguez, Cuban deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, and Hua Chunying, assistant Foreign Affairs minister of China, both countries reasserted the excellent state of their relations and their will to promote the implementation of the agreements signed by their top leaders.

"It is a pleasure to welcome you and your accompanying personalities, who are opinion leaders in the U.S. media,” Political Bureau member and Vice President of the Republic Salvador Valdés Mesa remarked right before his meeting with DeWayne Wickham, Dean Emeritus of Morgan State University’s School of Journalism—who has visited Cuba repeatedly in the last 24 years—and distinguished American academics.

With a call for urgent actions to avoid a world environmental catastrophe, the 14th International Convention on the Environment and Development closed doors in Havana in the presence of over 1500 guests from Cuba and another 24 countries.

The Cuban Association of United Nations (ACNU by its Spanish acronym) condemned today, in Havana, the possible exclusion of civil society organizations of the island in the forum for these purposes to be held at the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU).

The category of Visiting Professor at the University of Havana (UH) will be awarded today to DeWayne Wickham, one of the most renowned presidents of the National Association of Black Journalists of the United States (NABJ).

 Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, participated today in the conclusions of the 2nd Workshop on Agricultural Innovation, at the Cojimar Convention Center, in Havana, with the attendance of at least 180 specialists from all the provinces of the country.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban Foreign Minister, thanked today the heads of government of the Caribbean Community ( CARICOM) for their call to lift the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States.

With the presence of Manuel Marrero Cruz, Cuban Prime Minister, the closing ceremony of the 21st Meeting of Heads of Medical Missions Abroad was held today at the Main Unit for Medical Cooperation (UCCM by its Spanish acronym).

Salvador Valdes Mesa, vice president of the Republic, evaluated issues related to water supply, food production and construction of social works in the municipality of Güines, in the province of Mayabeque.

 Switzerland’s Edelweiss Airlines opened connections with Cuba after a first direct flight on the new route Zurich-Havana-Zurich arrived in the Cuban capital’s Jose Marti International Airport on Thursday.

Mexico and the eastern Santiago de Cuba city signed new accords in education and culture, which deepens bilateral cooperation relations.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez saluted on Wednesday Venezuela’s Day of Independence from Spanish Rule.

With the handing over of the keys to the delegation of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) in the city of Santiago de Cuba, Mexico and the Hero City ratified their will to strengthen their historical and fraternal ties.

With the presence of environmentalists from several countries, the European Union and UN agencies, the 1st Meeting of Foundations and Organizations United for Climate begins today in Havana.