Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez convened Cuba's deepest condolences to the people and government of Haiti for the loss of human lives after the explosion of a tanker truck in the town of Cap-Haitien.

Ralph Gonsalves, St. Vincent and the Grenadines PM, called today not to forget who we are, to keep in mind that history that defines the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, and is essential for the ALBA-TCP.

Luis Arce Catacora, president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, said today that it will never be enough to express gratitude for the solidarity and humanitarian aid provided by Cuba in the world and in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua, described the Cuban people as an example of dignity, because forged in the love for the land they live in, they have known not only to resist but also to create and contribute from the resistance to the most terrible aggression of U.S. imperialism.

Cuba’s first deputy foreign minister Marcelino Medina affirmed his country’s commitment to the Eurasian Economic Union and its political willingness of the Cuban government to consolidate economic, commercial and cooperation links with all member states of that organization.

The alliance is not only strengthened but is more relevant and necessary than ever, said Sacha Llorenti, Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), today in Havana.

The Cuban foreign ministry (MINREX by its Spanish acronym) called today the virtual summit convened by the United States government on December 9 and 10 a political trick.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla ratified today his country's willingness to deepen ties of brotherhood, cooperation and solidarity with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) so as to cope with common challenges.

The president of the Ukraine-Cuba Friendship Parliamentary Group, Oleg Voronko, thanked Cuba for its support and assistance of the Ukrainian children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear accident.

Oleg Voronko, president of the Ukraine-Cuba parliamentary friendship group, thanked today, on behalf of his people, for Cuba's solidarity, the National Assembly of People's Power (Cuban Parliament) reported on Twitter.

Cuba condemned today the use of racism and racial discrimination as axes of media campaigns, manipulations and lies against it, to cloud the progress made in this area since 1959.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said that the joining by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) of China’s Belt and Road Initiative will open new opportunities for cooperation and mutual benefits.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez thanked the Puebla Group for its solidarity with the island and its demand for an end to the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, expressed at the VII Meeting of that political and academic forum.