The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ALBA-TCP member countries recognize and congratulate on his victory the Movimiento Alianza País presidential candidate, Lenin Moreno Garcés

We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of Latin America - People's Trade Treaty, at the 15th meeting of its Political Council in Havana, have been informed of the results of the second round in the presidential elections held in the sister Republic of Ecuador on 2 April 2017, and have decided:

Statement by Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the 15th ALBA–TCP Political Council, held in Havana, April 10, 2017

Esteemed Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegations of ALBA-TCP member countries;

Distinguished guests to this Fifteenth Meeting of ALBA-TCP Political Council;

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas – People Trade Treaty, recognize the need to face together the challenges in order to achieve sustainable development

We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas – People Trade Treaty, at the 15th meeting of its Political Council in Havana:

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the ALBA-TCP member countries reject the aggression against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as well as the manipulation and lies that threaten its sovereignty, independence and stability, and those of the entire region.

We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of Latin America - People's Trade Treaty, at the 15th meeting of its Political Council in Havana:

The officials of the Cuban Embassy in Austria, Marieta García (Counselor) and Roberto Vizcaíno (Second Secretary in charge of Consular Affairs) performed a working visit to Carintia, an Austrian region. They were received by the authorities of Wolfsberg, St. Andrä, and Klagenfurt cities. They had some meetings with the Head of the branch of the Friendship Association Cuba-Austria (ÖKG, by its Dutch initials) and Cuban residents in this Austrian region.

H.E. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs  of Cuba , made a Statement at the inauguration of the XV Political Council of ALBA-TCP at Havana, Cuba, April 10 , 2017.

Attached complete statement.

Havana, Cuba, 10 April 2017.

CARIFESTA, is an international multicultural event organized by the countries of the Caribbean. The main purpose is to gather artists, musicians, authors, and to exhibit the folkloric and artistic manifestations of the Caribbean and Latin American region.

La XIV Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y Gobierno de la Alianza, celebrada el 5 de marzo en Caracas, nos dejó una Declaración que constituye una poderosa guía de acción para los tiempos que vive Nuestra América y para enfrentar los peligros que se ciernen sobre nuestros pueblos, especialmente para aquellos que por la voluntad ejercida en las urnas, se constituyeron en poder, y que ahora son acosados por las oligarquías, el imperialismo y sus instrumentos de dominación.

Montreal, April 9, 2017.- A delegation chaired by the deputy minister of the Ministry of Transport, Naima Alfonso Acosta and made up of seniors officials of that Ministry, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, the Chamber of Commerce of Cuba, among other institutions, arrived yesterday to the province of Quebec in working visit.