The Vice President of the Chamber of Representatives of Japan, Hirotaka Akamatsu, received in his official Residence the Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Roberto Morales Ojeda, who is making an official visit to that country.

Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, arrived in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, to participate in the Ministerial Meeting that precedes the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit, to be attended by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.

On the same day the US administration put into effect new measures that further tighten the economic blockade against Cuba, the Caribbean island ratified its decision to continue collaborating with Venezuela, "because the solidarity of our people is beyond the aggression of the empire".

Jose Ramon Saborido, Cuba´s Minister of Higher Education, begins today an official visit to the People's Republic of China, aimed at strengthening bilateral collaboration in matters of education between the two countries.

As part of his official activities in Ireland, the President of the Republic Miguel Diaz-Canel held talks on Monday with Cubans living in that European nation.

The economic side of the US economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba is one of the most shocking, Karina Bathyany, Executive Secretary of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), denounced today in Havana.

Wilfredo Gonzalez Vidal, Cuban first vice minister of Communications, denounced today the effects of the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against his country by addressing the 6th World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel posted today on Twitter that the conversations held this morning with his Irish counterpart Michael Higgins occurred in a respectful, friendly atmosphere and agreed on different issues of the bilateral and multilateral agenda.

The Director-General of Asia, Africa and Latin America of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, Nikolai Borisevich, received Cuban VP Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, at his arrival in Minsk, diplomatic sources reported.
During their talks, they confirmed the increasing level of bilateral relations.

Metropolitano, Popular de Ahorro and Credito y Comercio banks will undertake from today the opening of bank accounts in freely convertible currencies to natural persons by means of debit cards, allowing them to import non-commercial products and purchase these in retail stores.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Republic of Cuba, and the delegation that accompanies him, visited places of historical and cultural interest in Dublin, capital of the Republic of Ireland, where he arrived today to carry out an official visit until the next day 22.

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, saw off the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, who will begin a tour of European countries and attend the XVIII Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, at the José Martí International Airport this Saturday night.

Cuba is attending the Ibero-American Network of Trade Promotion Organizations (RedIbero) meeting held in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, received the President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, at the José Martí international airport on his return from Mexico on Thursday night.

Roberto Morales Ojeda, vice president of the Council of Ministers, will begin today a tour of several countries in Asia, including his participation in the enthronement ceremony of the new Emperor of Japan, and official visits to Singapore and Pakistan.