H.E. Mr. Heraldo Muñoz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chile;

H.E. Mr. Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China;

H.E. Ambassador Victor Manuel Valle, President Pro-Tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.

Distinguished Foreign Ministers and Representatives:

I would like to convey my gratitude to Chile, particularly to Santiago de Chile, for its warm welcome.

The Ambassador, Vilma Reyes Valdespino, received Annette Mark and Nadine Agard-Juillerat, Director and Deputy Executive Director, respectively, of the Vincentian Investment Agency, "Invest SVG", at the Cuban Mission headquarters

The entity, immersed in a process of refining its work and expanding its links with the outside world, considers Cuba as a point of reference in terms of attraction, legal protection and investment promotion, and in this sense wishes to expand the coordination and cooperation with its counterpart in the largest island of the Antilles.

Cuban Ambassador Vilma Reyes Valdespino received the Honorable Saboto Caesar, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labor of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the headquarters of the Cuban Mission.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla will head the Cuban delegation that will participate in the CELAC Foreign Ministers' Meeting and the Second Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the CELAC-China Forum, which will take place on January 21 and 22 in Santiago de Chile, Chile.

The occasion will be propitious to consolidate the unity of Latin America and the Caribbean, strengthen the work of CELAC and its actions as a recognized interlocutor of the region with diverse extra-regional partners and in multiple multilateral scenarios.

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NIGERIA, January 19, 2018. On Wednesday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Geoffrey Onyeama, received Cuban Ambassador Carlos Trejo Sosa in the afternoon.
The meeting took place in a cordial atmosphere, reflecting bilateral relations between both countries and addressed issues related to international politics.

To be selected in the upcoming second stage of Cuban elections are 605 deputies and members of Cuba's Council of State, including its President and Vice President. As a genuine expression of democracy, the first stage of Cuba's general elections 2017-2018 concluded, this past December 17, with the constitution of 168 Municipal Assemblies of People's Power, composed of more than 12,000 delegates, elected directly and secretly by the population, who participated in a first and second round vote November 26 and December 3, respectively.

On January 19, 2018, the fourth technical exchange on the combat against illicit drug trafficking was held in Washington D.C. between Cuban and U.S. authorities. 

The meeting falls within the context of the law enforcement dialogue established between both countries in November 2015.

The Cuban delegation expressed the willingness to continue advancing the operational cooperation with the US relevant authorities, in the prevention of and combat against this crime.

Phnom Penh, January 19. Juan Carlos Marsán Aguilera, Deputy Head of Cuban Communist Party Central Committee’s Department for External Relations,paid a courtesy call with Prak Sokhonn, Senior Minister and Minister ofhe Kindom of Cambodia.
Minister Prak Sokhonn highlighted the visit of the Cuban delegation as a great opportunity for the two countries to discuss ways of strengthening and expanding friendship and cooperation between Cambodia and the Republic of Cuba.

Ottawa, January 18, 2018.- Outgoing Ambassador of Cuba to Canada, Julio Garmendia Peña, addressed the most important issues in the relations between the two countries in an interview given to The Hill Times, published yesterday.