ÖKG holds Annual Assembly and reaffirms its commitment to solidarity with Cuba
Vienna, October 11. The Austria-Cuba Friendship Association (ÖKG) held its General Assembly today, ratifying Hermann Pernerstorfer as president of the organization.
Speech by Ambassador Pablo Berti Oliva at the OKG Annual Meeting
Dear members of the Austria-Cuba Friendship Association, friends of Cuba:
We thank you all for your presence at this tribute to Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz. It is an honor that this event is being held before the start of the Association's General Assembly, thus recalling the values of solidarity and cooperation among peoples that Fidel so strongly defended.
Cuban Ambassador pays working visit to Slovenia
Ljubljana, October 9, 2025. The Cuban Ambassador to Slovenia, concurrently accredited to Vienna, Austria, paid a working visit to Ljubljana from October 7 to 9.
As part of the visit, he held several meetings with officials from the Slovenian Foreign Ministry, with whom he discussed the good state of bilateral relations and how to further improve them. The talks took place in a cordial atmosphere and demonstrated the interest of both parties in continuing to promote projects of mutual interest.
Cuba reaffirms its commitment to preventing and combating the smuggling of migrants
Vienna. October 9. Cuba reaffirmed its commitment to preventing and combating the smuggling of migrants at the meetings of the Working Group on the Smuggling of Migrants, held on October 9 and 10 at the Vienna International Center.
Lieutenant Colonel Abel Martínez Grandio, head of the Technical Investigation Department and member of the Cuban delegation, emphasized that Cuba promotes legal, orderly, and safe emigration as a State Party to the Palermo Convention and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea, and Air.
Documentary “Tarea vida” was presented in Slovenia
Ljubljana, October 9. In a collaboration between the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Cuban Embassy in that country, the documentary “Tarea vida” (Life's Work) was screened at the Kinoteka in Ljubljana, narrating the island's actions in its fight against climate change.