The National Committee of Solidarity with Cuba in India issued a letter addressed to the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) expressing its extreme sorrow for the tragic accident that occurred last May 6 at the Saratoga Hotel and regretting the fatalities in this unfortunate event, while wishing a speedy recovery to all the injured.
The Cuban Ambassador to India, Alejandro Simancas Marin, participated in the International Conference on Environmental Diversity and its Jurisprudence, a National and International Perspective". The Conference, held at the Institute of Legal Studies of the University of Chandigarh, was also attended by the Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu, and the Governor of the State of Punjab, Banwarilal Purohit.