Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba condemns, in the strongest terms, the continued air strikes perpetrated by Israeli government forces against residential areas in Beirut and Damascus, in flagrant violation of International Law, including International Humanitarian Law.
Dear Comrades,
On behalf of the Communist Party of Norway, we express our full solidarity with the Cuban people and government after the intensive earthquakes that struck the country with magnitudes of 6.0 and 6.8, causing landslides and damage to residential areas within the provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Granma, which come in addition to the unfortunate hurricanes that also hit the country recently.
Oslo, November 11, 2024. On behalf of the Cuban people and government, we sincerely thank the Norway-Cuba Friendship Association for donating 8,000.00 Euros to Cuba for the recovery efforts in the wake of the damage caused by Hurricane Oscar in the eastern provinces, in particular Guantanamo.
We also appreciate the initiative to continue raising funds following the recent impact of Hurricane Rafael in the western region of the country. (Embassy of Cuba in Norway)
Oslo, November 11, 2024. Within the framework of the cooperation project “Ecological Connections: Cultural Studies in Cuba and Norway” (ECOCON)”, two professors from the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Havana recently joined the University of South-Eastern Norway, in Bø.
Oslo, November 7, 2024. On October 28, at the University of Stavanger, a Seminar on Cuba was held, in which professors from the Department of Social Work of that University and Cuban professionals who are doing Master's and Doctoral stays there within the framework of the cooperation project “Well-being in Cuba and Norway. Strengthening professional training on social policies and well-being from an intercultural perspective”, actively participated.
During the aforementioned seminar, the following presentations were made: