Responding to an invitation by Army General Raul Castro Ruz, next September 18th the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Dr. Hassan Rouhani, will start an official visit to Cuba. He will arrive to Havana from Venezuela, where he is going to participate in the XVII Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

During his stay on the Island, Dr. Rouhani will hold official talks with his Cuban counterpart and it is expected that important bilateral agreements will be signed in the context of the visit.

The Ambassador of Cuba to Ghana, Mr. Pedro Luis Despaigne González, received at the embassy the Professor Edmund Nminyem Delle, National Chairman of the Convention People's Party (CPP).

In a cordial atmosphere, the two leaders discussed the good state of relations between Cuba and Quebec, as well as prospects for their development. They also agreed on the willingness to broaden ties in the economic and commercial spheres

KINGSTO, JAMAICA, September 14th, 2016.During this afternoon, September 14th, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information of Jamaica, Floyd Green, welcome a Cuban delegation from the Ministry of Education, headed by Mijail Benavides, head of Cooperation at the Department of International Relations, and Cuban Ambassador, Bernardo Guanche Hernandez.

As everyone surely knows, Cuba, like other major countries like India, Egypt and the former Yugoslavia, is one of the founders of NAM. Since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in January 1959, the foreign policy of the island has been focused on the guiding principles, emanating from the First Summit of Bandung in 1955 and the XIV Declaration of NOAL Summit in Havana 2006.

New York, 13 September 2016.During the period from April 2015 to April 2016, some progress has been achieved in the bilateral relations between the United States and Cuba; particularly significant are the reestablishment of diplomatic relations and the reopening of embassies, preceded by the fair exclusion of Cuba from the spurious list of States sponsoring terrorism, in which it never should have been included.

INTRODUCTION

In the period between April of 2015 and April of 2016 some results have been achieved in the bilateral relations between the United States and Cuba. It can particularly be indicated the re-establishing of diplomatic relations and the re-opening of embassies that were preceded by the just action of taking Cuba off the spurious list of States sponsoring terrorism, a list on which Cuba should never have been in the first place.

A delegation of the Cuban scientific sector, headed by Dr. Luis Herrera Martinez, Scientific and Commercial Advisor of the Higher Business Management Organization “BioCubaFarma”, arrived in Tehran for talks with Pasteur Institute of Iran. Upon arrival at the Iranian capital the delegation was received by representatives of this institute and the Ambassador of Cuba, Vladimir González Quesada.

Pohnpei, 11 September 2016. – On the occasion of the Post Forum Dialogue at the 47th session of the Pacific Islands Forum, the Director General for Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Gerardo Peñalver Portal, confirmed the commitment of his country with the region, highlighting the willingness to continue exploring new cooperation projects.

The Ambassador of Cuba to Ghana, Mr. Pedro Luis Gonzalez Despaigne was received by the President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E John Dramani Mahama. The meeting took place at the Residence of the Ghanaian President.

Both sides made an assessment of the state of bilateral relations and the ongoing cooperation actions, both in the bilateral and multilateral order.

The result of the meeting shows the existence of strong ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.