Cuba and Sri Lanka evaluate possibilities of cooperation in the field of Science and Technology
Colombo, May 30, 2024. At the Cuban embassy in Sri Lanka, a meeting was held between the ambassador, Andrés Marcelo González Garrido, with the additional secretary for Development and Innovation of the Ministry of Education, in charge of the Science and Technology, Rojhita Uduwawala.
During the meeting, the ambassador presented the results of scientific development in Cuba, in different spheres of science, technology and innovation, as well as the existence of several institutions dedicated to scientific research with important achievements and recognitions.
Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
On May 28, the Government of the United States finally announced a group of measures aimed at implementing the policy announced on May 16, 2022. The purpose of this step, according to the text published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), is to support the private sector in Cuba.
Call for Removal of Cuba on United States State Sponsor of Terrorism List. Press notice from The People’s Liberation Front -Srilanka
The People’s Liberation Front -Srilanka expresses its deep concern over the persistent designation of the Republic of Cuba on the United States State Department's State Sponsor of Terrorism List (SSOT). This list identifies and includes governments that are purportedly engaged in providing active support to violent non-state actors involved in terrorist activities. JVP finds this classification by the United States as arbitrary and unfounded.
Sri Lankan press highlights that Cuba and the international community urge the United States to remove Cuba from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
Colombo, May 28, 2024. The digital newspaper ❝Sri Lanka Guardian❝ publishes an article on the front page highlighting that Cuba and many countries around the world have joined a call for the United States to remove Cuba from the list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism.
Meeting of the Ministers of Health of Cuba and Maldives.
Colombo, May 27, 2023. The Ministers of Health of Cuba, José Ángel Portal Miranda, and of the Maldives, Abdulla Khaleel, held a bilateral meeting within the framework of the 77th World Health Assembly, which will be held from this Monday, the 27th. May in Geneva (Switzerland) and will run until June 1, 2024.