Cuban prime minister Manuel Marrero Cruz arrived today in Japan to attend the State Funeral of the former premier of that country Shinzo Abe, who died last July victim of an assassination attempt.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez and South Africa's minister of international relations and cooperation, Naledi Pandor ratified today the interest in deepening economic, trade and cooperation ties.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, held meetings with representatives of friendly countries as part of his work agenda at the United Nations.

Cambodian Prime Minister will Pay Official Visit to CubaHavana, Sept 21 (ACN) The Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Techo Hun will pay an official visit to Cuba on September 23rd.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez called on the Non-Aligned Movement to act with unity, cohesion, creativeness and solidarity in defense of collective interests.

Several Latin American heads of state attending the General Debate of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly demanded the lifting of the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba, and the withdrawal of the Caribbean nation from the US list of countries sponsors of terrorism.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, sent condolences to the people and authorities of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, for the loss of human lives and the damage left in its path through the Caribbean by Hurricane Fiona.

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.