The director of the Finlay Vaccines Institute, Dr. Vicente Verez, concluded a visit to Iran, where he held fruitful meetings with local representatives, including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, diplomatic sources reported on Friday.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry on Thursday described as "totally mendacious and unfounded information" the publication by the U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal on an alleged agreement with China, in military matters, for the installation of a spy base.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced on Monday that a Memorandum signed by President Donald Trump further tightens the US aggressive policy of Cuba and strengthen the economic blockade, with damaging effects on the Cuban people and their development.