Ricardo Cabrisas, Vice-president of the Council of Ministers, received Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, who is on an official visit to Cuba.
Shortly before ten o’clock in the morning, Secretary of State John Kerry will officially reopen the U.S. embassy in this capital, as part of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between both countries.
Nineteen personalities of the US policy and government will accompany Secretary of State John Kerry for the official opening ceremony of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, scheduled for August 14, according to a communiqué issued by the Press Department of the State Department.
The Vice-president of the Council of State, Salvador Valdes, heads the Cuban delegation attending the inauguration of the President of the Republic of Suriname, Desire Delano Bouterse, on Wednesday, August 12.
Army General Raúl Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, met on Sunday afternoon with Salvador Sanchez, President of the fraternal Republic of El Salvador.