Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, thanked today the more than 80 Colombian congressmen who asked the U.S. government to remove Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.

Rogelio Polanco, member of the secretariat of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) and head of the ideological department, received Vietnam's vice minister of internal affairs, Vu Chien Thang.

With maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour (km/h), and higher gusts, Hurricane Fiona has reached category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, out of a maximum of 5, and continued to move on a north-northwest course, with a speed of 17 km/h.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel sent his condolences to the Mexican people and government after a quake hit that sister nation on Monday.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi reaffirmed the excellent state of bilateral relations between their countries during talks on Monday in New York.

Vice President Salvador Valdes headed the Cuban delegation that visited the funeral chapel of Elizabeth II at the Palace of Westminster to pay tribute to the British monarch, who died last September 8 at the age of 96.

Salvador Valdes Mesa, Cuban vice president, paid tribute today to the founding father and first president of the Republic of Angola, Antonio Agostinho Neto (1922-1979), at the Independence Square in Luanda, the capital of that African country.

Ines Maria Chapman, deputy prime minister of Cuba, and William Ruto, president of the Republic of Kenya, stated their willingness to increase cooperation between the two countries during a meeting at the State House in Nairobi.

Cuba’s Vice-president Salvador Valdes Mesa arrived in Angola to attend the swearing-in ceremony for President-elect Joao Lourenco, scheduled for Thursday, September 15.

A Cuban delegation, headed by deputy PM Ines Maria Chapman, participated today in the swearing-in ceremony of Kenya's President-elect William Ruto.

Juan Antonio Quintanilla, Cuban permanent representative to Geneva, ratified today the support of the Caribbean nation to the government and people of Nicaragua, in the face of the hostile actions against it, at the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner's report on Nicaragua.

A delegation from the Cuban Journalist Association (UPEC) is paying a visit to Vietnam to foster relations with the Vietnamese Association of Journalists and between the two sister nations.

Ines Maria Chapman Waugh, Cuban deputy PM, arrived today in Kenya to attend the inauguration of President-elect William Ruto.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador thanked the Cuban people and government for their medical assistance given to the Mexican people.