Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Five years have passed since the kidnapping in Kenya, on April 12, 2019, of Doctors Assel Herrera Correa and Landy Rodríguez Hernández, Cuban physicians who were serving in that country as part of an intergovernmental cooperation agreement in which they were voluntarily participating.
Canberra, 11 April 2024. The Cuban ambassador, Tanieris Diéguez, received at the Cuban embassy headquarters the new ambassador of Vietnam to Australia, Pham Hung Tam, who paid her a courtesy visit.
The meeting took place in an atmosphere of friendship and brotherhood.
Both officials spoke about Fidel and Ho Chi Minh and exchanged on the historical and solid ties that unite the Cuban and Vietnamese people.
9 April 2024.
Dear Foreign Minister Enrique Reina,
Dear Ministers and other representatives of our region,
We thank the Pro Tempore Presidency of Honduras for the timely convening of this meeting. We also support the convening of a Summit Meeting of Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States later this week.
Mr. President:
Sydney, 8 April 2024. Members of the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (ACFS) demonstrated in Sydney to demand the end of the U.S. government's blockade on Cuba and the U.S. aggressions against Cuban medical cooperation.
Friends in solidarity ratified their support to the Cuban people and government and reaffirmed their commitment to continue defending and supporting the Cuban Revolution.
The Australian movement is an evidence of its solidarity actions for more than four decades.
Canberra, 8 April 2024. The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (ACFS) adopted a Joint Statement as a result of the National Consultation held on April 6-7 in Sydney.
We thank friends of solidarity for all their actions in support of the Cuban people and government.
The full text of the Declaration as follows:
2024 Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (ACFS) National Consultation Joint Statement