Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel met today in Argentina with artists, intellectuals and academics of that country, in the context of an official visit to Buenos Aires, to participate tomorrow at the 7th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States ( CELAC).

Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuban president, ratified today in Argentina the belief that both nations are on the right path to expand business.

Discussions at the 7th Summit of Heads of State of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), to be held tomorrow January 24 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will seek to deepen cooperation and joint work in order to strengthen the voice of the region on the global stage and address local challenges.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated the people of Antigua and Barbuda and its prime minister, Gaston Browne, who was re-elected in the most recent elections held in that country, and reasserted Cuba’s willingness to keep strengthening the bonds of friendship between both nations.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla lamented the death of Badara Alieu Joof, vice president of Gambia and offered his condolences to the people and government of the African nation and to the deceased’s family and relatives.

Antonio Rodriguez Rodriguez, president of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources of Cuba (INRH), and Saeed Al Suwaidi, general director of the Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC), talked about possible cooperation between the two institutions, the Cuban embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reported.

Starting on January 23, according to a Cuban media report, the London, United Kingdom-based High Court of Justice (HCJ) will hold the hearing involving a lawsuit against Banco Nacional de Cuba (BNC) and the Republic of Cuba filed by CRF I Ltd (CRF), an investment fund incorporated in the Cayman Islands, which claims to be the holder of two financial instruments of Cuban public debt lingering from 1984, while BNC maintains that CRF is a vulture fund that is not and never has been a creditor of Cuba.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla decried any attempt to politicize the evolution of the COVID-19 throughout the world without taking into account scientific assessments and stated his disagreement over China being blamed for the pandemic despite that country’s contribution to the fight against the virus.

Cuban deputy Energy and Mining Minister Tatiana Amaran presented the island’s projects and policies underway in the areas of energy, food security, renewable energy and the environment.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla sent his condolences to the people and government of Nepal for the plane crash that occurred in that country, near the city of Pokhara, which took the lives of more than 60 people.

Mercedes Vicente, Cuban ambassador to Chile, highlighted the signs of support for her country against the U.S. blockade and of solidarity with Brazil at the Festival of Hugs, the traditional annual meeting organized by the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) that gathers thousands of people in the capital city’s O'Higgins Park that dates back to 1988, in times of dictatorship, when the party members who were persecuted met to share hugs, regain strength and continue fighting, said the diplomat.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla held talks on Friday in New York with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

 The Superintendence of the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) informed today about a judicial proceeding being carried out in London, UK, before the British High Court of Justice, for a debt recovery claim against the National Bank of Cuba (BNC) and the Republic of Cuba.

 Cuba becomes pro-tempore chair on Thursday of the Group of 77 plus China, the largest multilateral group of countries with 134 member states, representing two thirds of the total membership of the United Nations and 80 percent of the world population.