Cuban Ambassador Participates in Military Parade and Greets the President of the Republic of Cyprus on the Occasion of National Day
Nicosia, Cyprus, October 1, 2026. The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in Cyprus, Rubén Pino Martínez, participated this Thursday, October 1, in the military parade called by the Minister of Defense, Mr. Vasilis Palmas, on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Cyprus.
At the end of the military parade, and together with the entire Diplomatic Corps accredited on the island, the Cuban ambassador took part in the traditional greeting to His Excellency the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, and to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Mr. Constantinos Kombos, both at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia.
During the greetings, the Cuban diplomat was able to convey to them, respectively, the cordial congratulations from the Cuban Foreign Ministry to the people and government of the Republic of Cyprus on the occasion of their National Day.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry congratulates the people and government of the Republic of Cyprus on the occasion of their National Day.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba extended warm congratulations to the people and government of the Republic of Cyprus on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Cyprus.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry reaffirmed its willingness to continue strengthening the ties between our nations.
“To remember is to live again”: AKEL compatriots recall the awarding of the “Medal of Friendship” to Vera Policarpou at the Cuban Embassy in Nicosia.
Nicosia, Cyprus, October 1, 2026 - The Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in this capital remembered this Wednesday, September 30, the official ceremony of awarding the 'Medal of Friendship' to comrade Vera Policarpou, Secretary of International Relations and European Affairs of the AKEL Party and Secretary of the Cyprus-Cuba Friendship Association (AACh-C). She received this important distinction on August 11 in Havana, granted by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, at the proposal of the President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), in the context of the 1st International Fidel Colloquium: Legacy and Future, held at that time in the Cuban capital.
Since in Latin “to remember” means “to live again,” the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in Nicosia, Rubén Pino Martínez, invited his colleagues from the Workers’ Party of the Working People (AKEL), from AACh-C, from the Pancypriot Labor Federation (PEO), members of the United Democratic Youth Organization (EDON), the Women’s Movement (POGO), representatives of that political organization and the Popular Movement of Cyprus, along with family and friends, to “Cuban territory in Nicosia” to recall the well-deserved honor, now from his island in the eastern Mediterranean.
The Friendship Medal, which had been awarded to him in Havana at the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples and presented by Emilio Lozada García, head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, “gained value and blossomed” this September 30 among his everyday comrades.
AKEL Deputy Marina Nicolaou Receives Cuban Ambassador at the Cypriot Parliament
Nicosia, September 30, 2026. The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in Cyprus, Mr. Rubén Pino Martínez, had a cordial and friendly exchange this Thursday with the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) deputy, Ms. Marina Nicolaou, in her office at the Cypriot Parliament.
The meeting took place in a fraternal atmosphere, full of camaraderie and friendship, during which Pino Martínez thanked her for the warm reception amid her busy parliamentary schedule and updated her on the difficult situation Cuba is going through due to the energy blockade and the intensification of the hostile U.S. embargo that has been in place for nearly seven decades. On this occasion, he gave her a copy of the report that Cuba will present to the United Nations General Assembly next October. The document concisely outlines the impact of the blockade on all sectors of Cuban people's lives between March 1, 2025, and February 28, 2026.
Both discussed the recent and positive meeting of the Cuban diplomat with Mr. Karoullas, President of the Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs of the House of Representatives, where initiatives and areas of common interest were identified to strengthen interparliamentary relations between the two countries.
New EDEK President Receives Cuban Ambassador in Cyprus on Courtesy Visit.
Nicosia, September 28, 2026 – The new president of the Socialist Party of Cyprus (EDEK), Sofía Christodoulou Makri, received on Monday at the offices of her political group the ambassador of the Republic of Cuba accredited in Nicosia, Rubén Pino Martínez.
During the courtesy visit, the Cuban diplomat personally congratulated the young lawyer and new EDEK president on her appointment, and she expressed warm words of gratitude and openness toward the Caribbean ambassador; a reflection of the excellent relations between both peoples and nations, as well as the close ties between the political party she leads and the Communist Party of Cuba.
Pino Martínez was able to update him on the difficult economic situation the island is going through, due to the hostile, inhuman, and criminal blockade imposed by the U.S. government, along with the suffocating energy siege that has increased the suffering of millions of Cubans over the past eleven months, caused by the application of extraterritorial measures and sanctions against the largest of the Antilles and/or third countries trying to do business with Cuba.