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Cuban Russian Friendship

Navy of the Russian Federation will visit Havana

Group of ships of the Navy of the Russian Federation will arrive in Havana

During their stay, the Russian sailors will carry out a program of activities that includes courtesy visits to the Chief of the Revolutionary Navy and the Governor of Havana. In addition, they will visit places of historical and cultural interest

Author:  | internacionales@granma.cu

june 7, 2024 12:06:33

Frigate Gorshkov. Photo: taken from Radio Rebelde digital. 

A naval detachment of the Russian Federation, composed of four ships, will make an official visit to the port of Havana, between June 12 and 17.
The frigate Gorshkov, the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, the fleet oil tanker Pashin and the salvage tug Nikolai Chiker, make up the grouping of ships, whose visit is in keeping with the historic friendly relations between Cuba and the Russian Federation, and strictly abides by the international regulations to which Cuba is a State Party.
The Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, in announcing the news, clarified that none of the ships is a carrier of nuclear weapons, so their stopover in our country does not represent a threat to the region.
The visits of naval units from other countries is a historical practice of the revolutionary government with nations with which we maintain friendly and collaborative relations.
During their stay, the Russian sailors will carry out a program of activities that includes courtesy visits to the Chief of the Revolutionary Navy and the Governor of Havana. They will also visit places of historical and cultural interest.
Upon their arrival in Havana port, a 21-gun salute will be fired from one of the ships of the group of ships, as a salute to the nation, which will be reciprocated by an artillery battery of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, from the San Carlos de La Cabaña Fortress.

Cuba China

Cuban Foreign Minister begins official visit to China

The member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, arrived in the People’s Republic of China for an official visit that will take place from today until June 9th

Author:  | internet@granma.cu

june 5, 2024 09:06:24

Photo: Cubaminrex

Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, arrived in the People’s Republic of China for an official visit that will last from June 5 to 9.
During his stay and as part of his agenda, the Cuban diplomat will hold official talks with the country’s leaders and high-ranking officials.
The Cuban delegation is also composed of the director general of bilateral affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Miguel Pereira Hernández; the director for Asia and Oceania, Ariel Lorenzo Rodríguez; and the ambassador to the Asian nation, Alberto Blanco Silva.

Mexico

Best wishes to the elected president of Mexico

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, congratulated the newly elected President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum

Author:  | internet@granma.cu

june 4, 2024 09:06:04

Photo: Taken from President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s X account. 

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, congratulated the newly elected president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, with wishes for success in her administration and the willingness to continue strengthening the intimate brotherhood that unites our peoples.
In his account in the social network X, Díaz-Canel expressed that, through a phone call, he conveyed his admiration and sympathy for the victory.
In the same social network, Sheinbaum responded to Díaz-Canel, and affirmed that Mexico and Cuba are sister nations, united by ties of cooperation, solidarity and shared history.
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela also highlighted the extraordinary demonstration of civic-mindedness and democracy that took place in Mexico on Sunday.
The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, highlighted that “Mexico elected a progressive as the first female president in its history. It is a triumph for the Mexican people and for its democracy, congratulations to my friend Claudia Sheinbaum, together we will work to see Latin America united and progressing”.
Like him, other presidents sent messages of congratulations for the victory, through their X accounts.
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela highlighted the extraordinary demonstration of civility and democracy that was experienced in Mexico this Sunday. “I congratulate this noble people, its President Elect Claudia Sheinbaum, the Morena Party, the PT and the Social Movements,” he wrote.
On the other hand, also Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Riabkov congratulated Sheinbaum on her “impressive success” in Mexico’s presidential election. “We express hope that with the new Mexican leader our relations will further develop and gain new momentum,” he wrote on social networks.
The representative of the coalition of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), Labor and the Green Ecologist grouping parties, became the first woman to win the Presidency of Mexico, by obtaining between 58.3% and 60.7% of the votes in the general elections.
Sheinbaum became the first woman to win Mexico’s presidency by winning between 58.3 and 60.7 percent of the vote in the election held the day before.

Cuban Economy

Cuba at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum-SPIEF 2024

Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz heads the delegation of the largest of the Antilles

Author:  | internacionales@granma.cu

june 4, 2024 09:06:10

Photo: Prensa Latina

The arrival in the Russian Federation of Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz responds to an official invitation for Cuba’s participation in the St. Petersburg 2024 International Economic Forum.
The event, convened under the theme The basis of a multipolar world: formation of new points of growth, will be attended by more than 17,000 people from 136 countries.
The agenda of the Cuban delegation, according to a press release, will promote the expansion and diversification of economic, commercial, financial and cooperation relations between Cuba and Russia, considered by the leaders of both countries as allied relations.
In this regard, contacts will be held with official and business counterparts related to the main issues of the bilateral agenda and the agreements adopted to achieve the effective participation of the Russian Federation in Cuba’s National Economic and Social Development Plan until 2030.
There will also be a meeting of co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Commission for Economic-Commercial and Scientific-Technical Relations, where, together with the Vice President of the Russian Government, Dmitry Chernyshenko, the Cuban Deputy Prime Minister will review the fundamental issues dealt with by this bilateral mechanism.
The Cuban delegation is also made up of the Minister of Transport, Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila; Ambassador Julio Garmendía Peña; the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (Mincex), Carlos Luis Jorge Méndez; the director of Europe of the Foreign Ministry, Ileana Núñez Mordoche, and the director of Commercial Policy with this region of the Mincex, Inalvis Bonachea González.