Cuban Foreign Minister will hold an online press conference, 12 May 2020.
Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, will give this Tuesday, 12 May 2020, an online press conference on the terrorist attack perpetrated against the Embassy of Cuba in the United States, last 30 April.
This press conference will be broadcast live, starting at 1:30 p.m. (Cuban local time), as part of the News broadcast at Noon in the Cuban Television.
You can also watch it on Facebook and the YouTube channel of the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
The Cuban Foreign Minister will answer national and foreign media questions.
(CubaMINREX)
Statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, president of the Republic of Cuba for the Online Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in response to COVID-19.
May 4, 2020
Your Excellencies,
Esteemed President Ilham Aliyev,
Distinguished Heads of State and Government,
I thank Azerbaijan, the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, for calling to this meeting to exchange on the urgent and needed efforts which allow us to face COVID-19.
I avail myself of this occasion to congratulate Uganda, which shall assume the NAM Chairmanship in the year of 2022. While assuring it Cuba´s full support, we wish Uganda success in the performance of such duty.
President Díaz-Canel to attend NAM´s Online Summit
Havana, 2 May 2020. The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, will participate in the Online Summit entitled "We stand together against COVID-19", convened by Azerbaijan in its capacity as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement, in the format of a Contact Group, which comprises representatives from various regions making up the Movement.
The event, which will be held via videoconference on Monday, 4 May at 7 a.m. (Cuban local time), will be chaired by Azerbaijan´s President, Ilham Aliyev.
Statements by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
Good afternoon:
As the Ministry of Foreign Affairs timely informed, around 2 o’clock today, that is, in the early hours in the morning of today, Thursday, April 30, 2020, a terrorist attack was perpetrated against the embassy of the Republic of Cuba to the United States in Washington. An unidentified individual shot at the building of the Cuban embassy in the US using an assault rifle.
None of the members of the staff of the mission was injured, who is safe and protected, but some material damages were caused to the building as a result of the numerous gunshots.
Aggression with fire arm against the Embassy of Cuba in the United States
In the early hours of Thursday, 30April 2020, an unknown individual opened fire with an assault weapon against the building of the Embassy of Cuba in the United States. There was no personal injury to the Mission staff, which is safe and protected, but there was material damage caused to the building resulting from the impact of the bullets.
The individual, about whose identity to the Cuban government has no information, was detained on site by local authorities and is under custody.