Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, reported today that he received at the headquarters of the foreign ministry the Japanese ambassador to Cuba, Hirata Kenji, with whom he talked about the positive state of relations between the two countries.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez sent condolences to the German people and government for the deaths, injured citizens and material damage caused by the heavy rains reported over the past hours in the western part of the European country.

The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) categorically condemned in the last few hours the recent provocations orchestrated in Cuba by counterrevolutionary elements, organized and financed from the United States with destabilizing purposes.

Cuba is not alone, as evidenced by the several messages of solidarity coming from different parts of the world in support of its revolutionary process and against destabilizing attempts.

Cuba is participating today at the Global Education Meeting promoted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO), which is being held in order to analyze the effects of COVID-19 in that field.

Bolivia expressed the solidarity of this Plurinational State with Cuba in view of the destabilization attempts suffered by its people and government, and made a "call to the international community as a whole to put an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade" imposed by the U.S. for almost 60 years on the Caribbean nation.

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will hold its XXI Meeting of Foreign Ministers on July 24, according to the regional organization's official Twitter profile.
The meeting will take place in Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City, as Mexico holds the pro tempore presidency of the organization, the same tweet refers.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, said today on Twitter that the White House National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, lacks political and moral authority to speak about Cuba.

Cuba reiterated its rejections of attempts to politicize sports and to steal sport talents, said the island’s permanent representative in Geneva, Juan Antonio Quintanilla.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez reiterated today on Twitter his country's willingness to cooperate with Mexico in all fields.

High-level environmental authorities of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) will meet today online, the regional bloc reported on its Twitter account.

Cuba is among the 46 nations that have already confirmed their presence at the Universal Exposition Osaka 2025, to be held in that Japanese city from April 13 to October 13 that year.

The Europe for Cuba channel rejected today the accusations of the United States government against Cuba, published in the most recent unilateral report of the White House on human trafficking.

 Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, wished a good and speedy recovery to Pope Francis, who underwent surgery in recent hours.