Minnesota's Vice Governor Tina Smith said on Thursday in Havana that she favors the development of US-Cuba relations and opposes the new policy against the island.

The President of the Cuban Parliament Esteban Lazo ended on Thursday an official visit to China after an intense working program that took him to Beijing and Shanghai and toured the central-eastern coastal region of Jiangsu.

The President of the Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Fernando Gonzalez Llort, said on Wednesday in Camaguey that Donald Trump's policy towards Cuba is sentenced to fail.

The Director of the Vietnamese Archives Dan Thant Tung said on Monday in Havana that it is regrettable to hear the recent decisions of US President Donald Trump of reinforcing its blockade against Cuba.

Cuba's health professionals abroad totalling almost 373 thousand have offered their medical aid to 162 countries since its first colaboration to Chile in 1960.

The President of the Syrian Friendship with Cuba Parliamentary group, Ayman Malandi ratified on Monday in Damascus an interest in exchanges at that level between both nations during an encounter with the Cuban ambassador to that country, Rogerio Santana.

Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodrigues met in Vienna, capital city of Austria, with solidarity with Cuba groups and Cubans residing in that European nation, as part of his working agenda.

The President of Mozambique Filipe Jacinto Nyusi will arrive this Thursday in Cuba on an official visit.

The resident coordinator of the United Nations in Cuba, Myrta Kaulard recognized on Monday in Sancti Spiritus, the country's advances in confronting and adapting to environmental changes.

Cuba endorsed on Thursday at the United Nations its commitment with the implementation of Agenda 2030 of Sustainable Development and its 17 objectives directed at promoting the inclusive human progress and harmony with nature, reported Prensa Latina News Agency.

Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), thanked the Cuban scientific community for its contributions to the Institute's Technical Cooperation Program.

Cuban cooperants in Venezuela continue their work with the Bolivarian people and provide services normally, despite the violent actions of the opposition in that South American nation, said Cuban ambassador Rogelio Polanco Fuentes.