Malaysia

Cuba-Malaysia Friendship Association holds its Annual General Assembly

Kuala Lumpur, June 1, 2025. The Friends of Cuba Association in Malaysia, (FOCA) held its Annual General Assembly and the election of its new leadership.

The meeting took place at the Cuban Residence in Kuala Lumpur, and it was a pleasure to witness the election of Cuban medical graduates as the new leadership of the Association.

Yadira Ledesma Hernández, Cuban ambassador and honorary member of the Association, recognized the work carried out by the Association in supporting the promotion of friendly, commercial, and cultural relations between the two countries.

Solidarity with Cuba reiterated from the Philippines

Manila, May 14, 2025. Friends of Cuba in the Philippines reiterated their solidarity with our people at the meeting held on the occasion of the visit of Cuban Ambassador Yadira Ledesma Hernández to that Asian nation.

Tribute to José Martí in the Philippines

Manila, May 16, 2015. At the José Martí monument in Manila, Philippines, the solidarity friends of the Philippines-Cuba Friendship Society (PCFS), along with Cuban Ambassador Yadira Ledesma Hernández, paid tribute to Cuba's national hero and laid a wreath, on the eve of the commemoration of the 130th anniversary of the death in combat of this great Cuban intellectual and patriot.

The monument is a sculpture by Cuban artist Lescay, which was donated to the city on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Apostle's birth.

Cuban Ambassador Presents Letters of Credence to the Republic of the Philippines

Manila, May 15, 2025. In a solemn ceremony held at Malacañang Palace, Cuban Ambassador Yadira Ledesma Hernández presented to the President, His Excellency Mr. Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., the Letters of Credence accrediting her as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to the Republic of the Philippines.

Following the official ceremony of the presentation of the Letters of Credence, attended by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Mr. Enrique A. Manalo, a wreath was laid to the Philippine national hero, José Rizal.

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