Esteemed Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegations of ALBA-TCP member countries;

Distinguished guests to this Fifteenth Meeting of ALBA-TCP Political Council;

Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister expressed the country’s condemnation of the April 6 U.S. missile strike on Syria

I express our strongest condemnation of the United States’ unilateral cruise missile attack on April 6, launched against the Shayrat air base, in the Homs province of the Syrian Arab Republic, using as a pretext the alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians by the Syrian government.

ALBA-TCP member countries expressed their support and solidarity to the people and government of Nicaragua, and reiterated their rejection of destabilizing attempts

We the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of Latin America – People’s Trade Treaty, at the 15th meeting of its Political Council in Havana:

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ALBA-TCP member countries recognize and congratulate on his victory the Movimiento Alianza País presidential candidate, Lenin Moreno Garcés

We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of Latin America - People's Trade Treaty, at the 15th meeting of its Political Council in Havana, have been informed of the results of the second round in the presidential elections held in the sister Republic of Ecuador on 2 April 2017, and have decided:

Statement by Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the 15th ALBA–TCP Political Council, held in Havana, April 10, 2017

Esteemed Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegations of ALBA-TCP member countries;

Distinguished guests to this Fifteenth Meeting of ALBA-TCP Political Council;

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas – People Trade Treaty, recognize the need to face together the challenges in order to achieve sustainable development

We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas – People Trade Treaty, at the 15th meeting of its Political Council in Havana:

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the ALBA-TCP member countries reject the aggression against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as well as the manipulation and lies that threaten its sovereignty, independence and stability, and those of the entire region.

We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of Latin America - People's Trade Treaty, at the 15th meeting of its Political Council in Havana:

The officials of the Cuban Embassy in Austria, Marieta García (Counselor) and Roberto Vizcaíno (Second Secretary in charge of Consular Affairs) performed a working visit to Carintia, an Austrian region. They were received by the authorities of Wolfsberg, St. Andrä, and Klagenfurt cities. They had some meetings with the Head of the branch of the Friendship Association Cuba-Austria (ÖKG, by its Dutch initials) and Cuban residents in this Austrian region.

H.E. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs  of Cuba , made a Statement at the inauguration of the XV Political Council of ALBA-TCP at Havana, Cuba, April 10 , 2017.

Attached complete statement.

Havana, Cuba, 10 April 2017.