Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Cuban deputy minister of foreign affairs, will lead the Cuban delegation to the 11th United Kingdom-Caribbean Forum, to be held on Thursday, May 18, in Kingston, Jamaica, the foreign ministry reported today.

The 20th Session of the Intergovernmental Commission for economic-commercial and scientific-technical collaboration between Cuba and Russia will be held tomorrow, Thursday, in Havana, with the aim of strengthening ties in these sectors in line with the excellent political relations that exist at the highest level.

The president of the Venezuela’s Friendship-with-Cuba Parliamentary Group Edgardo Ramirez announced a visit to Havana as part of celebrations for July 26, Cuba’s Rebellion Day.

The Council of Washinton D.C. https://dccouncil.gov/ unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the end of the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba and for the withdrawal of the island nation from the US list of alleged countries sponsors of terrorism.

Cuba stressed today during the debates of the 216th Executive Council of UNESCO the need for the organization's commitment and action to counteract the problems of developing countries, caused and aggravated by the unjust international order.

Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and national coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), affirmed today in Vietnam that that country is a reference of how much can be achieved with the socialist system.

Representatives of Cuba thanked in France the support to the Revolution of solidarity associations of that European country, highlights today the Cuban foreign ministry.

The 9th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) will be held today in Antigua, Guatemala, under the motto "Innovative integration through the sustainable development of the Greater Caribbean".

Representatives of more than 100 companies from Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam, attended today a forum for the promotion of trade and investment between that Asian country and Cuba.

 Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, praised today the readmission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the League of Arab States.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez sent a message of condolences to Rwanda’s people and government for the fatal victims and huge material damage caused by heavy rains and sudden floods which affected several regions of the country.

Roberto Morales Ojeda, secretary of organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), praised today in Vietnam the value of exchanging views and discussing the development models of both nations during the opening session of the 5th Theoretical-Practical Seminar of the Communist Parties of Vietnam (PCV) and Cuba.

A Cuban delegation, headed by the secretary of organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Roberto Morales Ojeda, arrived today in Hanoi, as part of an official visit to that country that began on Sunday in Ho Chi Minh City.

Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel congratulated Santiago Peña, who became Paraguay's president-elect on Sunday.