Iran's President Hassan Rouhani met with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on Monday in Havana to reaffirm friendly ties between the two countries and express a commitment to deepening their collaboration, Cuban state media reported.
After 55 years of interruption, Cuba and the United States on Wednesday re-established regular commercial direct flights, marking a concrete step in thawing ties between the former Cold War foes.
United States airline JetBlue will make the first direct commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than half a century next Wednesday, the Cuban authorities said on Thursday (Aug 25).
Cuba hopes that U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit will help spur his country's investment in the Caribbean island, a Cuban top official said Sunday.
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived on Sunday in Cuba, in a historic visit that could mark the beginning of a new era in U.S. relations with its neighbor after more than 50 years of Cold War-era animosity.
U.S. President Barack Obama will be received in Cuba with the respect and consideration he deserves as a head of state, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Thursday.
Cuba welcomes U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming visit, but has no intention to change its policies or socialist system to pursue normal relations with the United States, a leading Cuban newspaper has said.
U.S. President Barack Obama will find a Cuba "that actively contributes to regional and global peace and stability" in his upcoming visit, Cuban daily Granma said on Wednesday.
Half a century since the U.S.-led trade embargo imposed against Cuba, a small U.S. tractor maker is preparing to become the first U.S.-owned company to operate in Cuba.
Restoring diplomatic ties would benefit both the United States and Cuba, and Latin America in general, if recent events are to go beyond being merely feel-good group photos to bookend U.S. President Barack Obama's second term.
Cubans on Monday raised Cuba's national flag over the country's newly opened embassy in Washington D.C., the U.S. capital, as diplomatic relations between two nations were restored after more than half a century.
Cuba and the United States have made slow progress since the two countries embarked on negotiations to restore diplomatic relations six months ago, without a date for the reopening of embassies.
Amid a thaw of relations between Washington and Havana, U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday visited a shrine in Miami in the southern state of Florida to honor Cuban Americans.
After five months of negotiations aimed to restore diplomatic ties, Cuba will sit at the bargaining table again on Thursday with the United States, and highlight U.S. diplomats' "inappropriate behavior" on the island, which is the biggest concern to the Cuban leader.
Visiting French President Francois Hollande on Monday urged the U.S. economic sanctions on Cuba to be lifted as they have caused "so much damage."
The return of the Guantanamo Bay will be among the several major topics that the Cuban government expects to discuss with the United States in their talks, Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Sunday.
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