Today we have learned of a State Department communiqué that reports the decision of the U.S. government to reduce personnel at its embassy in Havana.

As we reported this past September 26, in a meeting held that day with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, on the initiative of the Cuban side, our minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla:

• Advised him not make hasty decisions that were not based on evidence or conclusive results of investigations;

• Called on him to avoid politicizing an issue of this nature; and

During the passage of Hurricane Irma over a large part of our country, the provinces most affected were Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila, Sancti Spíritus and Villa Clara. Others such as Guantánamo, Holguín, Las Tunas, Cienfuegos, Matanzas, Mayabeque, and La Habana also suffered damage

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The State Department reports in a statement, the decision of the US Government to reduce the staff of its Embassy in Havana. Cuba considers that this is a hasty decision that will affect bilateral relations.

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Havana, September 29, 2017. Today, we have learned about a media note by the Department of State, informing of the decision of the US Government to draw down their Embassy staff in Havana.

As we informed on the past Tuesday, September 26, in a meeting held that day, at the proposal of the Cuban side, with Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, our Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla:

- Advised him not to take any hasty decisions, which are not based on evidences and conclusive investigation results;

Nairobi, 26 September. Professor Peter M.F. Mbithi, the highest authority of the University of Nairobi, received the Cuban ambassador in Kenya, Ernesto Gomez Díaz, at the headquarters of that house of high studies, who paid him a courtesy call today.

During the fraternal meeting, both sides addressed the potential for developing bilateral cooperation in the areas of teaching and scientific research, especially in the fight against malaria and human resource formation, among many other fields.

Cuba will never accept any preconditions or impositions

Statement by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs Of the Republic of Cuba, at the Seventy Second Session of the United Nations General Assembly. New York, September 22, 2017.

Mr. President;

Mr. Secretary General;

Allow me to reiterate to you Cuba’s support to your work at the helm of the United Nations and as a guarantor and advocate of international peace.

Heads of State and Government;

Distinguished delegates;

The Cuban Ambassador in St. Vincent and the Grenadines made an official visit to the headquarters of the Searchlight newspaper in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The Director of the newspaper, Claire Keizer, expressed her condolences for the human and material losses caused by Hurricane Irma as it passed through Cuba.

The Cuban Ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Vilma Reyes Valdespino, was received at the headquarters of the national newspaper "Vincentian", the country's longest-running newspaper.