African Union against the US blockade on Cuba
Addis Ababa, February 7, 2021. The 34 Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of Africa passed a "Resolution on the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on the Republic of Cuba by the United States of America".
By twelve consecutive occasions, the African Union has expressed its rejection to the sanctions on Cuba, as a demonstration of the unanimous position of the regional block on the matter. All UN African Member States support the United Nation Resolution against the blockade.
Minister of Education of Ethiopia attended the Cuban education congress
Addis Ababa, February 3rd 2021. The Minister of Education of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, H.E. Eng. Getahun Mekuria, attended the International Congress Pedagogy 2021 organized by the Ministry of Education of Cuba from the 1st to 3rd February.
Cuba awarded two scholarships to South Sudanese youngsters
Addis Ababa, February 3rd 2021. Today, the Cuban Ambassador to the and African Union and Charge d´Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of Cuba to Ethiopia and South Sudan, H.E. Mr. Angel Villa Hernandez, presented the Scholarship Confirmation Form to study Medicine in Cuba, to Mr. Ryan Jibril Robo Kamanda and Mr. Yiet Kuon Bit Ruach, from the sister nation of South Sudan.
Ethiopian Ambassador presented his credentials
Havana, January 2021. The Ambassador of ten Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, H.E. Mr. Shibru Mamo Kedida presented his Letters of Credence to H.E. Mr. Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba during a ceremony held at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana.
Both parties ratified their willigness to continue strengthening the historic bilateral links existing between the two countries.
Last year, Cuba and Ethiopia celebrated the 45 anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba condemns, in the strongest and most absolute terms, the fraudulent designation of Cuba as a State that sponsors terrorism which, in a cynical and hypocritical move, has been announced by the government of the United States.