HH the Father Emir offers Condolences on Fidel Castro´s Death
Havana, November 30 (QNA).- HH the Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani offered condolences to President of the Republic of Cuba Raúl Castro and to the members of the family on the death of former President Fidel Castro, during a funeral held in the Cuban capital, Havana, on Wednesday.
New York, 30 November 2016.- Starting its monthly meeting, the members of the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean to the United Nations (GRULAC), observed a minute of silence to the memory of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz.
Within this framework, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, Charge D’Affaires a.i. referred to the impact caused by such painful loss for the Cuban nation and for the world, and thanked group members for their expressions of support and condolences dedicated to the people and Government of Cuba.
New York, 30 November 2016. - During the afternoon, the Secretary-General-elect of the United Nations Organization, H.E Mr. António Guterres, signed the condolence book placed in this Permanent Mission since last Monday, following the decease of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz.
THE BAHAMAS, 30th November, 2016. -A Bahamian delegation, headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Hon. Fred Mitchell, traveled to Havana to attend the funeral of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, representing the Bahamian government.
The presence of the Caribbean delegation in Cuba in homage to Fidel is in addition to the declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas, conveying condolences for the physical disappearance of Fidel.
SRI LANKA, November 30, 2016. - The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Honorable Ranil Wickremesinghe, signed the Book of Condolences, opened at the Embassy of Cuba, on the occasion of the death of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro. Upon his arrival he was received by the Ambassador of Cuba, Juana Elena Ramos Rodríguez.
The Prime Minister wrote the following message in the Book of Condolences: