Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez was elected this Thursday as President of the Republic of Cuba during the IV extraordinary session of the 9th legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), held at the Havana Convention Center.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, reiterated on Twitter that Cuba will remain firm and determined in the face of the aggressive escalation of the United States against the Cuban Revolution.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuba´s President of the Councils of State and Ministers, received last night Bolivia´s President Evo Morales, who made a stopover in Havana on his way to New York , where he will attend the commemoration of the International Year of Indigenous Languages convened by United Nations.

Raúl Castro welcomed the Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the official delegation that accompanied him on the international tour that took him on an official visit to Russia and four Asian countries a few days ago, and included transit stops in France and the United Kingdom.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, held a meeting with his counterpart from the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping during the last day of his visit to the Asian giant, where he also met with other high-level representatives.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of Cuba, began an official visit to the People's Republic of China on Wednesday, which had as its first stop the municipality of Shanghai, headquarters of the International Exposition of Imports.

• Kim Jong-un received Diaz-Canel in Pyongyang