Cuba in Seychelles

Cuban deputy foreign minister reiterates rejection of unilateral extraterritorial measures

United Nations, June 16 (RHC)-- Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío has reaffirmed the island's rejection of unilateral extraterritorial coercive measures as a means of political and economic coercion.

In the framework of the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly dedicated to the "Elimination of Unilateral Extraterritorial Coercive Measures as a Means of Political and Economic Coercion," the diplomat asserted that these practices contravene international law and the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter.

Secretary for Relations with the Vatican States in Cuba

Havana, 3 June 2025._ The Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations of the Holy See, Paul Richard, arrived in Cuba for an official visit, within the framework of the anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Upon his arrival at Havana's José Martí International Airport, he was received by the Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs, Elio Rodríguez, the head of the Office of Religious Affairs of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Caridad Diego Bello, and the Apostolic Nuncio Antoine Camilleri.

Cuban officials visit Seychelles' cultural and heritage sites

As part of the visit to the islands of Praslin and La Digue, the Cuban Ambassador, Martha Hernandez and the Minister Counsellor, Tomas Mendez, visited the Vallé de Mai Nature Reserve. This reserve was declared a natural heritage of humanity by UNESCO in 1983, for the priceless value of its flora and fauna, for having the largest plantations of the Coco de Mer, an endemic species of the archipelago, which produces the largest seed in the world that can exceed 20 kg in weight, a unique tree which is the pride and symbol of Seychelles.

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