Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the closing of the 6th International Cooperation Conference of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Havana, November 11, 2022

Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment (MINCEX) Rodrigo Malmierca on Thursday highlighted Cuba's sustained commitment to the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) to contribute to regional development.

The executive secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), Sacha Llorenti considered it an irreducible duty to fight against the U.S. blockade of Cuba. The Bolivian politician expressed his opposition to the hostile policy that for more than 60 years has been trying to suffocate the Cuban people and limit the country's development.

Bruno Rodriguez attended CELAC Foreign Ministers' Meeting

Havana, October 26, 2022.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla attended the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held in Argentina, in which he called for a coherent approach to regional problems such as the growing levels of poverty, food insecurity, economic slowdown and increasing indebtedness.

The European Forum of Left, Green, and Progressive Forces condemned the economic, commercial, and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba and the extraterritorial nature of that policy. In the final declaration of the sixth edition of the platform, which met in Athens from October 21 to 23, participants rejected all kinds of unilateral coercive measures, especially the blockade imposed by Washington on Cuba and recalled its enforcement for more than six decades.

The I China-CELAC Ministerial Forum on Cooperation and Management of Disaster Risk Reduction took place today

Havana, August 25, 2022.- The I China-CELAC Ministerial Forum on Cooperation and Management of Disaster Risk Reduction took place virtually on August 25. 

The Forum was an opportunity to increase cooperation actions between China and CELAC member countries in the field of prevention, preparedness and strengthening of early warning systems for all disaster hazards. 

Cuba ratifies the country's will to eliminate racism, racial discrimination and racial prejudice

Havana, August 23rd, 2022.- The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), at the III Meeting of the Working Group on Afro-descendants, held today, in virtual format, commemorated the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. 

The General Director of Informatics of the Ministry of Communications, Mario Hernández Pastrana, headed the Cuban delegation that participated in the First CELAC-China Forum on Cooperation in Digital Technology, held today in virtual format, under the theme: "Exploring new paths for cooperation between China and CELAC and joining efforts to move towards the new digital era".

A delegation from the Cuban National Assembly headed by its secretary Homero Acosta is culminating its work program in Belgium, where it strengthened ties with the House of Representatives and the European Union. On the fourth and last day of work on Belgian soil, before traveling to Luxembourg, the group will conduct new meetings on the agenda in the Chamber and in the European Parliament, where issues such as cooperation, health, change climate, the reality of Cuba and the blockade imposed by the United States were addressed in previous days.

Representatives of Cuba and the European Union (EU) met today at the Cuban Foreign Ministry to celebrate the third round of the Cuba-EU Political Dialogue on Sustainable Development.