Havana - The Prime Minister of New Guinea, Peter O''Neill, will start a visit in Cuba starting next Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

Japanese ambassador to Cuba Masaru Watanabe signed a contract on Wednesday to set up a desalinization plant in the eastern Holguin coastal community of Caletones, Gibara municipality, in order to supply the people higher quality drinking water.

A total of 98 clinical tests for different types of diseases are currently being carried out nationwide. Doctor Alberto Hernández Rodríguez, who is the director of the National Coordinating Center for the Clinic Tests (CENCEC), announced as part of the context of the VI International Design and Control of Clinical Test event that concluded at the Convention center of Havana city.

Cuba and Burundi signed a cooperation framework agreement which will further strengthen the economic and trade ties between the two countries.

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang attended the opening Wednesday morning of the new sit of the Cuban Parliament at Havana´s Capitol building, which was originally built early last century to host the legislative body.

Havana - The Council of State of the Republic of Cuba, in response to the call made by Pope Francis to the heads of State in the Holy Year of Mercy, agreed to pardon 787 prisoners, it was officially announced here today.