Ambassador Héctor Igarza Cabrera, Director of North Africa and Middle East Division at the Cuban Foreign Ministry paid a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from February 2nd to 5th, 2020, during which he has held different meetings with local dignitaries and officials.

Ambassador Igarza was received at the Saudi MOFA headquarters by Dr. Adel Al-Jubair, Minister of State and member of the Cabinet, to whom he conveyed the greetings from the Cuban leadership to the Saudi authorities; they reviewed as well the successful development of bilateral relations in different fields.

Monrovia, February 4, 2020 - With the purpose of reviewing issues of mutual interest in order to effectively advance in their fulfillment, the Liberian Foreign Minister Asistant for American Affairs, Mr. Maxwell P. Vah, and the Chargé d'Affaires of Cuba in Liberia, Mercedes Martínez Herrera, held a working meeting at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry of this West African country.

Ottawa, February 5, 2020 - The University of Havana and Carleton University in Ottawa signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the Canadian capital that will allow to expand the collaborative relations between the two centres of higher education.

Previously signed by the rector of the University of Havana, Miriam Nicado, the Memorandum was signed this Wednesday by the president of Carleton University, Benoit-Antoine Bacon, and by the Cuban ambassador to Canada, Josefina Vidal Ferreiro.

Tehran, February 5, 2020. Between the 4th and 7th of this month, the 4th edition of the IRAN EXPO 2020 fair is held at the Shahr-e Aftab Complex in the Persian capital, in which Lirka Rodrigues Perez, Director of Quality of the Business Group and Haymee Santos Valdes Commercial Specialist, represent the prestigious Cuban entity in charge of research, production and marketing of veterinary drugs.

Kingston, Jamaica, 5 February 2020. The President of the Senate of Jamaica, the Honourable Tom Tavares-Finson, CD, QC, JP, condemned the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US Government against the Cuban people, on the occasion of the reception for the 61st Anniversary of the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution, held last 31 January. Addressing guests on behalf of the Government of Jamaica, he highlighted the overwhelming rejection of the international community to this US unilateral policy, and expressed:

Roseau, Dominica, February 5, 2020. The Head of the Cuban Brigade of Health Collaborators in Dominica, Dra. Isolina López Cardoso, appeared yesterday night, February 4, 2020, on the radio station “Dominica Broadcasting Station” (DBS).

Nairobi, February 5. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, sent a congratulatory message to H.E. Dr. Djacoba Liva Tehindrazanarivelo, for his recent appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Madagascar.

In the text of his letter, the Cuban Foreign Minister also reiterates Cuba's willingness to continue strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries, which have been maintained continuously for several decades.

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Ankara, February 5, 2020. The President of the Court of Cassation of Turkey, country's main supreme court, Ismail Rustu Cirit, received the Cuban ambassador Luis Alberto Amorós Núñez at the headquarters of the Turkish magistracy.

The Ambassador of Cuba, Pedro Luis Despaigne González, visited the Cocoa Processing Company Ltd. located in the city of Tema, in the Greater Accra region of Ghana, where he was received by the Board of Directors, headed by the Managing Director, Mr. Nana Agyenim Boateng.

As part of the visit, the Cuban diplomat received an explanation about the creation of the Company in 1965 and toured some of its areas.

New York, 5 February 2020. Cuba celebrated today the adoption of the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) Country Programme for Cuba, after it was adopted by consensus by the Members States of the Executive Board of the United Nations Programme for Development, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS).