Intervention of the Cuban Foreign Minister at the BRICS open session
Statement by the Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the open session: “BRICS: Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability,” held as part of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting:
Your Excellency Dr. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, Your Excellencies, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, distinguished heads of delegations, and delegates.
I am grateful for the invitation to participate in this important meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers.
INFORMATION FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT
Following a request from the U.S. government to receive a delegation in Havana headed by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, the Cuban Revolutionary Government approved the visit and the meeting with its counterpart from the Ministry of the Interior.
The meeting took place on Thursday, May 14, in a context characterized by the complexity of bilateral relations, with the aim of contributing to political dialogue between the two nations, as part of the efforts to address the current situation.
Message on social media from Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
For the first time the US government publicly formalizes, through a communiqué from the Department of State, an offer of aid to Cuba valued at 100 million dollars.
It remains unclear whether the aid will be in cash or material, and whether it will be directed toward the people’s most urgent needs at this time, such as fuel, food, and medicine.




