The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects alleged drug trafficking operations through diplomatic note
On 13th April 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba has issued a diplomatic note to the Embassy of the United States in Havana rejecting a statement published in an article by Newsweek magazine on 3rd April 2020 attributed to a "high official" of the United States Department of Defence and according to whom "the United States Intelligence Community has evidence" that drugs are trafficked between Venezuela and Cuba.
Mongolian parliamentarians ratify solidarity with Cuba in times of pandemic.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. April 9, 2020. - The Hon. Mr. Bat-Erdene Badmaanuambun, Member of the Mongolian State Hural (Parliament) and president of the Mongolia-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group, held a meeting at the Legislative headquarters with the Cuban Ambassador, Raúl Delgado Concepción.
Mongol Foreign Minister meets Cuban Ambassador
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. March 31, 2020. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia D. Tsogtbaatar received the Ambassador of Cuba Raúl Delgado Concepción with whom he exchanged on the good state of diplomatic relations between the two countries, cooperation and other current international issues.
Ministry of Public Health reports 67 persons infected and the country’s second death.
Havana, march 26, 2020.- Francisco Durán, director of epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health, reported in a press conference that the 45-year-old Russian citizen hospitalized in Cuba, had died from complications associated with Covid-19 and other chronic conditions, in this case a history of Type II diabetes mellitus, despite a concerted effort on the part of a team of doctors.
Of the 67 patients diagnosed with the disease, 64 remain hospitalized, including two in critical condition.
Speech delivered by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the First Extraordinary Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Health of the Association of Caribbean States on Covid-19 held by Video Conference.
Excellencies:
Allow me to mention that it has been thanks to a technical miracle and the support of the Secretariat that Cuba has been able to participate in this video-conference. It so happens that the website that hosts the platform of the Association, through which all participants are able to connect to this important meeting, has denied access to Cuba for reasons of the blockade imposed by the United States against our country.