The First Secretary of the Communist Party Raul Castro and the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, received on Saturday afternoon the President of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Her Excellency Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko, who is visiting Cuba as head of the delegation of Russian parliamentarians participating in the celebrations for the 500th Anniversary of Havana.

With the satisfaction of having contributed to the well-being of thousands of citizens of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, 224 collaborators who provided free health services there as part of a bilateral agreement between the two nations, returned to Cuba.

The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, sent congratulatory messages to King Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister Hun Sen on the occasion of the National Day of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Cubaminrex reported on Friday.

The Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, held talks on Friday morning with the Director General of the Kuwait Fund for International Development, Adbulwabab Al Kadel.

Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, Honorable Timothy Harris, and the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Rogelio Sierra Diaz, reviewed the main issues of common interest at the bilateral level and confirmed their willingness to continue strengthening the fraternal and cooperative ties between the two nations.

Esteban Lazo Hernandez, Cuba´s President of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) and of the Council of State, held talks with a delegation from the Group of Friendship with Cuba of the National Assembly of France (ANF), led by its President, Francois-Michel Lambert, who arrived in Havana to participate in the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the city.

Valentina Matviyenko, Chairwoman of the Federation Council or Russian Senate, arrived in Havana on an official visit invited by Esteban Lazo, President of the National Assembly of People's Power and of the Council of State.

His Majesty Felipe VI, King of Spain, paid a courtesy visit to Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.

Current trends in conflict management and resolution will focus the debates of jurists, academics and legal professionals at the International Law Congress 2019, to be held from Nov. 20-22 at the Havana Convention Center.

Ernesto Soberon, Director General of Consular Affairs and Cubans Living Abroad, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, denounced today on Twitter the faking of the insinuations of Ecuadorian press regarding the alleged misuse of Cuban diplomatic and official passports.

Spanish monarchs Felipe VI and Letizia arrived today at the Antonio Maceo Grajales International Airport in Santiago de Cuba as part of their first official visit to Cuba, which began on November 11.

Ana Teresita Gonzalez, Cuban Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, heads the Cuban delegation that will participate in the Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America - People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), in Managua, Nicaragua.

Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, received today Cuban deputy foreign minister Rogelio Sierra, who is on an official visit to that nation until Nov. 16.

Anayansi Rodriguez Camejo, Cuban deputy FM received Francois Michel Lambert, MP of the French National Assembly and president of the parliamentary group Friendship with Cuba, who is in Cuba to attend Havana's 500th birthday celebrations.

Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, had fruitful exchanges during his stay in Kenya, where he attends the 25th International Conference on Population and Development.