Declaration from solidarity organizations in the Nordic countries

Cuba is not a sponsor of terrorism!

On January 11, 2021, the Trump administration accused Cuba of “repeatedly providing support for acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbor to terrorists”. This false accusation was weaponized against Cuba because of Cuba’s role in facilitating the internationally recognized Colombian peace accords.

This accusation is absolutely false, something that is recognized also by all serious political circles in the US. 

Addis Ababa, March 23, 2023. The Ambassador of Cuba in Ethiopia, Jorge Lefebre Nicolás, received Dr. Mesrak Mekonnen, Secretary General of the Ethiopian Parliament at the Embassy.  

The Hon. Ms. María Theofili, Director General of International Organizations of the Greek Foreign Ministry, received the Cuban Ambassador Aramís Fuente Hernández.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged today that the nominees to Parliament are an impressive integral and diverse portrait of the people.

"What we appreciate in the brief life summaries of all the candidates for deputies, is an impressive integral and diverse portrait of the people of Cuba," the president wrote on Twitter.

Members of the Associations of Friendship with Cuba in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, met in Oslo to take part in a new edition of the Nordic Solidarity Meeting with Cuba.

The event was attended by a delegation from the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), made up of Rigoberto Zarza Ross, Director of Europe, and Elizabeth Ribalta Rubiera, specialist from the Euronorte Group, who traveled to Norway especially for the occasion.

Copenhagen, March 22, 2023. Cuba participates in the Copenhagen Ministerial Conference on Climate, which took place on March 20 and 21 in this city.

The Cuban delegation was made up of Ambassador María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, Deputy Director General of the Directorate of Multilateral Affairs and International Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, in her capacity as representative of the G77+China Group, and the Ambassador of Cuba in the Kingdom of Denmark, Roger López García.

The Chargé d´Affaires a.i. of Cuba in Zimbabwe, Yoisy Ford García, was received in ZANU PF headquarters by ZANU PF secretary for External Relations, Cde Simbarashe Mumbengegwi. The meeting was propitious to point out future actions in the interest of strengthening partisan relations. Cde Mumbengegwi highlighted the perseverance of the leaders of the Cuban revolution and its people, he also rejected the US blockade against Cuba.

Canberra, March 22, 2023. This morning, at the headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Commonwealth of Australia, the presentation ceremony of Copies of Style of the Ambassador of Cuba, H.E Mrs. Tanieris Diéguez, was held before the Chief of Protocol of the Australian Foreign Ministry, Mr. Ian McConville.

The Cuban Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Norberto Carlos Escalona Carrillo, paid a courtesy visit to the Chamber of Commerce of Ras Al Khaimah, one of the 7 emirates of the federation. The Cuban diplomat held conversations with H.E. Yousef M. Esmaeel Alblooshi, first vice president of the Chamber, on business and trade opportunities between Cuba and this emirate. Both representatives recognized the existing economic potential and agreed to work together to exchange information of interest and promote contacts between Cuban and Emirati companies.

The Hon. Ms. Ambassador Aglaia Balta, who recently took over as Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, received the Cuban Ambassador Aramís Fuente Hernández as a courtesy visit.