Cambodia expressed the interest of furthering bilateral cooperation with Cuba on gender issues, in particular the exchange of experiences on policies aimed at the empowerment, protection and effective participation of women in society. Such will was conveyed by Dr. Kantha Phavi, Minister of Women's Affairs, during a courtesy call the Minister conceded to Vice President of ICAP, Alicia Corredera Morales and Cuban Ambassador to Phnom Penh, Juan Hidalgo-Gato Pérez.

The National Assembly of Cambodia emphasized on its official website the historical ties of friendship with Cuba. The Legislature offered extensive information on the meeting of the parliamentary group of friendship with Cuba with the Vice President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Alicia Corredera Morales, as well as the Cuban Ambassador in Phnom Penh, Juan Hidalgo-Gato Pérez.

Nguon Nhil, Vice-President of the National Assembly of Cambodia called for the end of U.S. blockade against Cuba. The parliamentarian leader argued that that policy harms the Cuban people and limits the economic development of the country. These statements of support were made by him during a meeting with ICAP Vice-President, Alicia Corredera Morales and Cuban Ambassador to Phnom Penh, Juan Hidalgo-Gato Pérez, at Cambodia´s Legislative House.

Nin Saphon, President of the parliamentary group of friendship with Cuba in the National Assembly of Cambodia, reiterated the support of the Legislative body of his country to the Cuban struggle against the American blockade. The parliamentary leader demanded the total elimination of such a policy and highlighted the historical stance of Cambodia against this economic, financial and commercial siege. Saphon reiterated the gratitude of the Government and the Cambodian people for the help offered by Cuba in the most difficult moments of its recent history.

SRI LANKA, April 18, 2017. - As part of activities developed by the official of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) during her working visit to Sri Lanka, Yexenia Calzado Rosa, a fruitful meeting was held with the Parliamentary Group of Friendship with Cuba in the Headquarter of that legislative body.

The Cuban Ambassador Pedro Pablo San Jorge held a meeting in the "Club President" of Bulgaria, with Mladen Velkov, President of the Club and some of its members interested in exploring business opportunities in our country.
During the meeting, the Ambassador made a presentation of the Foreign Investment Law and the Decree Law on the Special Zone of Mariel, as well as the main projects included in the "Portfolio of Projects" approved as prioritized for 2017.

Victoria, Apr 18 (Prensa Latina) Seychelles personalities, as well as Cuban collaborators and residents celebrated in this capital the 56th anniversary of the Playa Girón Victory, the acid test of the rising socialist revolution in Cuba.

Havana, Cuba, Apr 18 (acn) Raul Roa, known as the "Foreign Minister of Dignity", was honored on Tuesday in Havana on the 110th anniversary of his birth.

Family and friends placed a floral wreath, symbol of respect and admiration for his great intellect and loyal revolutionary of Cuba's sovereignty, before a bust in his memory at the headquarters of the Cuban Association of the United Nations (ACNU).

New York, 18 April 2017.  As part of the event convened by the President of the General Assembly, “High-level SDG Financing Lab”, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, emphasized today that the fulfillment of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda will only be possible, with firm commitments and greater political will to mobilize additional, predictable and unconditioned resources so that developing countries may meet the new and ambitious development goals.