Cuban government vice-president Ricardo Cabrisas met with the president of Tatarstan Rustam Minnijánov, during a visit to that Russian republic.

Cuban Construction Minister René Mesa, who is on an official visit to Vietnam, held talks with his counterpart Pham Hong Ha in Hanoi.

Representatives of Cuban Tourism Ministry and Havanatur travel agency flew to Guatemala to consider the reactivation of direct flights between Havana and Guatemala City.

The interest in strengthening commercial bonds between Cuba and Curacao was highlighted in this capital, in the context of the visit to the island of Eugene Rhuggenaath, Minister of Economic Development of that country, accompanied by representatives of 20 companies from various sectors.

Cuban authorities are analyzing proposals from 28 foreign companies willing to invest in a management project of urban solid wastes generated in the country aimed at reducing the negative impact to the environment and human health.

Cuba and Singapore expressed on Monday the intention to strengthen the links between the two markets, on the occasion of the visit to the island of the first business mission from that Asian country, headed by its Minister of Trade and Industry, Lim Hng Kiang.

Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium, confirmed today in this capital the strong and sincere friendship existing between his country and Cuba, and the possibility of extending cooperation to benefit both peoples.

Democrat politician Jeremiah W. Nixon, governor of the U.S. state of Missouri, acknowledged today in this capital that the persistence of the blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba is a difficulty to establish solid business.

Governor Jeremiah W. Nixon (D-Missouri) said his state is willing to find business opportunities in Cuba, and to strengthen existing trade relations, limited due to the US blockade.

Cuba´s Minister of Science, Technology and Environment Elba Rosa Pérez began today a visit to Vietnam, where she will meet with local authorities and tour facilities related to her sector, reported Prensa Latina news agency.

The governments of Cuba and Equatorial Guinea are willing to expand cooperation in the agricultural sector and meet the objectives reflected on the national program for socioeconomic development called Horizons 2020.

The new scenario that is emerging in the so-called leisure industry in Cuba has reinforced the strategy of turning the Caribbean into a multi destination, as an integrated tourism offer, where more than competing, economies are intertwined in search of the best fruits.

Officials from Cuba and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) discussed issues of common interest, in the context of the Council of the institution which meets in Geneva until June 2, reports Prensa Latina.

U.S. airlines still await a response from their authorities to travel to Cuba on direct regular flights, asserted Cuban ambassador to Washington, Jose Ramon Cabañas, in an interview through the social network Twitter.