ALBA-TCP to hold the 20th Political Council and the 10th Economic Council
Havana, 28 June 2020. The 20th Political Council and the 10th Economic Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples´ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP, by its Spanish initials) will be held on 29 June. The joint meeting is the result of an agreement adopted during the High-Level Conference on Economy, Finance and Trade in the Framework of COVID-19, held on 10 June 2020.
Letter from the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Gutérres.
Unofficial translation
Havana, 26 June 2020
“62nd Year of the Revolution”
H.E. Mr. Antonio Gutérres
Secretary General of the United Nations
New York
Your Excellency,
Statement by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the Twenty Fifth Ordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Association of Caribbean States.
Honorable Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, Justice of the Peace, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Barbados;
Dr. June Soomer, Secretary-General of the Association of Caribbean States;
Distinguished delegates and guests;
Excellencies:
First of all I would like to welcome the initiative of the Government of Barbados, in its condition as Chair of the Council of Ministers of the Association of Caribbean States, of convening this virtual meeting.
Cuban President participates in conference convened by ALBA-TCP
Havana, Jun 10, 2020.- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said this Wednesday he will discuss a common anti-Covid-19 strategy with his counterparts in the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP).
We will participate this Wednesday in the ALBA-TCP Virtual Summit to address a common strategy against Covid-19, Diaz-Canel wrote on Twitter, which he accompanied with the tag #CubaSalvaVidas.
Cuban medical brigade that saved lives in Italy arrives home!
Havana, June 8 - The first Cuban medical brigade of the Henry Reeve Contingent which served for two months in northern Italy has returned victorious to Havana. They arrived Monday evening at 6:50 p.m. at the Jose Marti International Airport after a nearly 10-hour flight from Milan-Rome.