Ines Maria Chapman, deputy prime minister of Cuba, is leading the Cuban delegation participating in the activities for the 50th anniversary of the independence of The Bahamas, the foreign ministry said today.

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 10 (ACN) Cuba ratified today the willingness to continue strengthening ties of friendship and cooperation with the Bahamas, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of that nation's independence.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla denounced today the lack of transparency and manipulative behavior of the European Union (EU) in the preparation of the 3rd Summit with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

Yemen and Cuba discussed aspects of bilateral cooperation in environmental matters, sustainable development and climate action at a meeting held in Aden between the Yemeni Minister of Water and Environment, Tawfiq Al-Sharjabi, and the Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment, Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya, Saba news agency reported.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez regretted the loss of human lives, including children and women, as a consequence of a toxic gas leakage in the South African city of Boksburg, northern South Africa.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, wished his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, good health.

Cuba’s first deputy foreign minister Gerardo Peñalver Portal thanked the Non-Aligned Movement for its support against the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island nation.

It is a must to urgently take action aimed to stop the increase of gas emissions into the atmosphere, the effects of climate variability and its impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The establishment of cooperation links in the field of education was a major result of the recent visit that Cuban authorities of this sector paid to Russia.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed the willingness of environment ministers and high-level officials of the Group of 77 plus China about promoting international cooperation in science, technology and innovation.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, praised today the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Caribbean Community ( CARICOM) and ratified the commitment to continue forging ties between countries, through solidarity and cooperation.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez strongly condemned on Monday an Israeli military attack against a camp of refugees in the locality of Jenin, a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank.

A delegation from the Cuban Workers' Federation (CTC by its Spanish acronym)) continues today the extensive program of its working visit to Vietnam, which since last week has included exchanges with party and trade union leaders of that Indochinese nation.

The Presidents of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, and the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Luis Alberto Arce, reviewed several issues on the bilateral agenda, in talks held in Havana, Cuba's capital.