Ulaanbaatar. February 7, 2017. The Hon. Mr. Enkh-Amgalan Magvannorov, Prosecutor General of Mongolia, received today the Ambassador of Cuba Raúl Delgado Concepción, who conveyed a warm greeting from his Cuban counterpart and gave him the official invitation to participate in the XIV International Meeting on Criminal Sciences Which will take place in Havana in March 2018.
The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in the Kingdom of the NetherlandsH.E. Mrs. Soraya Alvarez presided overthe commemoration of the 58th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution celebrated in the Marriot Hotel in The Hague with the attendance of more than a hundred guests.
Cuban Ambassador Vladimir Gonzalez Quesada was received by the new Director of the Second Department for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Mr. Ahmad Pabarja.
In this first meeting, both sides reviewed the bilateral relations between the Island and the Persian nation in several spheres, especially in view to the celebration of the next XVI session of the Intergovernmental Commission, which will take place on 13-15 February in Havana.
New Delhi, India, February 6, 2017. The Deputy Head of Mission of our Embassy in India Marileydis D. Morales participated last February 3 in the International Session of the 10th All-India Conference of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), held in Kochi, Kerala, at the request of the DYFI and the Communist Party of India Marxist.
On February 3, 1962, former President of the United States, John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 3447, which stipulated the total trade embargo on Cuba. By doing so, the government of that country made the blockade against the Cuban State and people official.
Cuba´s vice President of the Council of State, Salvador Valdés Mesa will pay an official visit to South Africa from January 31 to February 2, 2017, within the mutual aim of consolidating the political and economic links between the two countries. He will meet with Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, and review with South African officials the state of the bilateral cooperation and the conditions to expand it as an example of south-south cooperation.
Toronto, January 30th, 2017. The Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association in Toronto (CCFA- Toronto) organized last Saturday a traditional cultural event to celebrate the 164th anniversary of Cuba’s National Hero, José Marti. Friends of Cuba, Cuban residents abroad and members of the Consulate General shared this lovely evening.
On the last day of the African Union Summit, held in Ethiopia, Heads of State and Government of the continental organization reaffirmed their unanimous rejection of the genocidal policy against Cuba
On January 31, the 28th African Union (AU) Summit, held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Abeba, approved a resolution demanding an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for more than half a century.
Cuba aspires to take a good part and do a good performance at the World Floor Hockey Games from March 14 to 25 in Austria, said official Leonel Cano Perez, director of Organization of Special Olympiads in Cuba.
