Esteban Lazo Hernandez, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, president of the National Assembly of People's Power and the Council of State, began on Sunday an official visit to the Republic of Türkiye.

Cuban Political Bureau member Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) and of the Council of State, and the heads of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Belarusian Parliament, Vladimir Andreichenko and Natalia Kachanova, respectively, signed in Minsk an inter-parliamentary cooperation agreement with his Belarusian counterparts intended to expand and strengthen ties between the two legislative bodies. 

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel visited the modern Medical and Diagnostic Center in Georgetown, as part of his stay in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla paid tribute this Sunday in Kingstown to Ambassador Mario García Incháustegui, who lost his life in an accident during the hijacking of the aircraft in which he was traveling.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party Central Committee and Cuban President is on a Caribbean tour including official visits to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada and Barbados.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) confirmed its support to Cuba in the rehabilitation of local food production in the affected areas after the passage of hurricane Ian last September through the western part of the country.

The president of the Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power (Parliament) Esteban Lazo Hernandez held talks in Moscow with Ivan Melnikov, vice-president of the Russian Communist Party and first vice-chair of the State Duma (lower chamber of parliament) as part of his official visit to Russia.

A delegation from the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA) is paying a technical visit to Costa Rica to discuss climate change with representatives of international cooperation projects and NGOs.

As part of his official visit to the Russian Federation, Cuban Political Bureau member Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the National Assembly of People's Power and of the Council of State, and Vyacheslav Volodin, head of the State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly, signed a memorandum to establish the High Level Commission for Interparliamentary Cooperation between both legislative bodies and scheduled its first meeting for Havana in 2023.

The president of the Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power (Parliament) Esteban Lazo Hernandez addressed on Wednesday lawmakers at the Federation Council (Senate) of Russia’s Federal Assembly.

Cuban Foreign Minister met on Wednesday with Javier Niño Perez, Deputy Management Director for the Americas in the European External Action Service (EEAS).

The president of the Cuban Parliament Esteban Lazo Hernandez granted in Moscow the Solidarity Order to Valentina Matvienko, chair of the Federation Council (senate) of Russia’s Federal Assembly.

The Cuban President established official mourning November 1st from 0600 till 12:00 hours local Cuba time for the passing of Jiang Zemin, former general secretary of the Communist Party of China and ex-president of that nation.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudes, First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party Central Committee and Cuban President sent a messege of condolences to China’s people, Communist Party and Government for the passing of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin.