{"id":545808,"date":"2026-05-27T07:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T04:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=545808"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:54:29","slug":"deputy-foreign-minister-reaffirms-support-for-cuba-during-visit-to-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/deputy-foreign-minister-reaffirms-support-for-cuba-during-visit-to-havana","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Foreign Minister Reaffirms Support for Cuba During Visit to Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister <strong><b>Yauhen Shastakou<\/b><\/strong> visited Cuba. According to the Foreign Ministry, he reaffirmed unconditional support and solidarity with Cuba and the Cuban people.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, Shastakou held meetings with acting head of Cuba\u2019s foreign affairs agency <strong><b>Gerardo Pe\u00f1alver Portal<\/b><\/strong>. Inter-ministerial consultations were also held with Deputy Foreign Minister <strong><b>Anayansi Rodr\u00edguez Camejo<\/b><\/strong>, along with talks with Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment<strong> <b>Carlos Luis Jorge M\u00e9ndez<\/b><\/strong>, and Vice Prime Minister<strong> <b>\u00d3scar P\u00e9rez-Oliva Fraga<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>&#8220;During the meetings, readiness was expressed to intensify contacts between the foreign ministries of Belarus and Cuba, and interest was reaffirmed in expanding existing cooperation and identifying new effective mechanisms of interaction in various areas. A programme of cultural events has been outlined to mark the upcoming 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Cuba&#8221;<\/i><\/em>, the Foreign Ministry said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_545760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545760\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-545760 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26.05.26_shestakov_cuba_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26.05.26_shestakov_cuba_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26.05.26_shestakov_cuba_2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26.05.26_shestakov_cuba_2-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26.05.26_shestakov_cuba_2-605x400.jpg 605w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-545760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_545759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545759\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-545759 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26.05.26_shestakov_cuba_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26.05.26_shestakov_cuba_3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26.05.26_shestakov_cuba_3-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26.05.26_shestakov_cuba_3-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26.05.26_shestakov_cuba_3-605x400.jpg 605w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-545759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Yauhen Shastakou visited Cuba. According to the Foreign Ministry, he reaffirmed unconditional support and solidarity with Cuba and the Cuban people. During the visit, Shastakou held meetings with acting head of Cuba\u2019s foreign affairs agency Gerardo Pe\u00f1alver Portal. Inter-ministerial consultations were also held with Deputy Foreign Minister Anayansi Rodr\u00edguez Camejo, along [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":545807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a16a338d7582.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Deputy Foreign Minister Reaffirms Support for Cuba During Visit to Havana"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143090],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-politics"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}