A group of seven Irish parliamentarians demanded the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the U.S. government on Cuba, and the exclusion of the Caribbean country from the list of states sponsoring terrorism, the Cuban foreign ministry's website (Cubaminrex) reported today.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla said today on Twitter that the economic and health crisis reflects the urgency of facing old asymmetries in finances and world trade and the need to establish a fair and democratic international order in light of the financial and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reiterated on Sunday his condemnation of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba.

The European Union and Russia hope that the administration of the recently inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden will remove Cuba from the unilateral list of state sponsors of terrorism, according to international media reports.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz participated online in the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Former Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos decried the inclusion of Cuba on the list of state sponsors of terrorism at the instance of the Trump Administration.

Cuba was elected Thursday vice-chair of the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), during a special session presided over by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Ambassador Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, recognized today the results of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in its socio-economic response to COVID-19.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed on Wednesday the significance of the Russia-US agreement to extend the treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START).

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) underscored the use in Cuba of radiotherapy proceedings to save lives and diagnose cancer and heart conditions.

Over 10 million people from 30 countries have become literate through the Cuban Yo Sí Puedo (Yes, I Can) program, whereas Cuban professionals are currently providing advisory services to the Ministries of Education of 13 countries around the world.

 Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla highlighted today the importance of the extension of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START III) between Russia and the United States, which contributes to keeping international peace and security.

Cuba joins today the celebration of World Wetlands Day on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Ramsar Convention, an international agreement that encourages the conservation and wise use of these ecosystems.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa stressed Cuba’s unyielding and unselfish medical assistance provided to his people, particularly against COVID 19.