Editing Foreign relations of Cuba (section)

=== Oceania ===
{{Main|Cuban-Pacific relations}}

Cuba has two embassies in Oceania, located in [[Wellington]] (opened in November 2007)<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/4259546a11.html |title=Cuban connection runs deeper than the carnival |date=3 November 2007 |work=[[The Post (New Zealand newspaper)|The Dominion Post]] |access-date=30 September 2011 |archive-date=26 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226132654/http://www.stuff.co.nz/4259546a11.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and also one in [[Canberra]] opened October 24, 2008. It also has a [[Consulate General]] in [[Sydney]].<ref>[http://embacuba.cubaminrex.cu/Default.aspx?alias=embacuba.cubaminrex.cu/australiaing General Consulate of The Republic of Cuba in Australia<!-- Bot generated title -->]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110202140/http://embacuba.cubaminrex.cu/Default.aspx?alias=embacuba.cubaminrex.cu%2Faustraliaing |date=January 10, 2008 }}</ref> However, Cuba has official diplomatic relations with [[Nauru]] since 2002<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cubanews.acn.cu/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226212507/http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2007/1001proque_nauru.htm|url-status=dead|title=Cuba expects US reverses measures taken under the pretext of sonic incidents|archive-date=February 26, 2008|website=Agencia Cubana de Noticias}}</ref> and the [[Solomon Islands]] since 2003,<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite web|url=http://www.solomonstarnews.com/?q=node/13224 |title=solomonstarnews.com |publisher=solomonstarnews.com |access-date=2012-03-23}}</ref> and maintains relations with other Pacific countries by providing aid.

In 2008, Cuba will reportedly be sending doctors to the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Vanuatu]], [[Tuvalu]], Nauru and Papua New Guinea,<ref>[http://www.plenglish.com:80/article.asp?ID=%7B771AA7E5-B9F3-4129-AFF7-208C0DC1D65D%7D)&language=EN "Cuban Physicians to Aid 81 Nations"]{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Prensa Latina]], March 29, 2008</ref> while seventeen medical students from Vanuatu will study in Cuba.<ref name="RNZI_41373">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=41373 |title=Vanuatu to get six doctors from Cuba |date=10 August 2008 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref> It may also provide training for Fiji doctors. Indeed, Fiji's ambassador to the United Nations, [[Berenado Vunibobo]], has stated that his country may seek closer relations with Cuba, and in particular medical assistance, following a decline in [[New Zealand-Fiji relations|Fiji's relations with New Zealand]].<ref name="RNZI_38964">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=38964 |title=Fiji says Cuban help sought as neighbours turn away |date=4 April 2008 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Australia}} || <!-- Date started -->1989 ||

[[Australia]] and Cuba have a growing relationship on positive terms. Relations began in 1989. Relations were given a rebirth in 2009 when the foreign minister [[Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|Stephen Smith]] visited Cuba. In 2010, Cuba's foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez visited Australia. The ministers signed a memorandum of understanding in political cooperation between the foreign ministries and for closer bilateral relations. There is a Cuban embassy in Australia. It was opened on 24 October 2008. There are only two Australia–Cuba bilateral treaties, extended to Australia by the [[British Empire]] covering extradition.

* Australia is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mexico.embassy.gov.au/ |title=Embassy of Australia in Mexico |access-date=2020-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706202321/https://mexico.embassy.gov.au/ |archive-date=2019-07-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Canberra]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/australia| title = Embassy of Cuba in Australia| date = 2 June 2016| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 11 August 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104816/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/australia| url-status = dead}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Kiribati}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Kiribati relations]]

Relations between Cuba and Kiribati are nascent, having developed in the 2000s (decade). Like other countries in Oceania, Kiribati is a beneficiary of Cuban medical aid; bilateral relations between [[Tarawa]] and Havana should be viewed within the scope of [[Cuban-Pacific relations|Cuba's regional policy in Oceania]].

There are currently sixteen Cuban doctors providing specialised medical care in [[Kiribati]], with sixteen more scheduled to join them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/10/01/six-more-cuban-physicians-to-serve-in-kiribati|title=Pacific Magazine: Six More Cuban Physicians To Serve In Kiribati<!-- Bot generated title -->}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Cubans have also offered training to I-Kiribati doctors.<ref name="RNZI_26617">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=26617 |title=Kiribati discusses medical training with Cuba |date=6 September 2006 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522033754/http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=26617 |archive-date=22 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cuban doctors have reportedly provided a dramatic improvement to the field of medical care in Kiribati, reducing the child mortality rate in that country by 80 percent,<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=33793 |title=Cuban doctors reduce Kiribati infant mortality rate by 80 percent |date=19 July 2007 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref> and winning the proverbial hearts and minds in the Pacific. In response, the [[Solomon Islands]] began recruiting Cuban doctors in July 2007, while [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Fiji]] considered following suit.<ref name="autogenerated2" />
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| {{flag|Nauru}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

In June 2007, [[Nauru]] adopted the "Cuban literacy method", reportedly used also in several other countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B047A98FA-B977-4545-9AA9-94CEA03C1C93%7D)&language=EN |title=Cuban Literacy Method to Pacific Isle – Prensa Latina |publisher=Plenglish.com |date= |access-date=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228023539/http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B047A98FA-B977-4545-9AA9-94CEA03C1C93%7D%29&language=EN |archive-date=2008-02-28 }}</ref> In October 2007, Nauruan Foreign Minister and Trade Minister [[David Adeang]] travelled to Cuba to strengthen relations between the two island nations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B024A0C98-99F7-4CEA-92F2-B6F13A3A4A60%7D)&language=EN |title=Cuba, Nauru to Strengthen Links – Prensa Latina |publisher=Plenglish.com |date= |access-date=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228023535/http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B024A0C98-99F7-4CEA-92F2-B6F13A3A4A60%7D%29&language=EN |archive-date=2008-02-28 }}</ref> This led to the creation of a Cuba-Nauru Joint Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2007/1002nauru-cuba.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226212521/http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2007/1002nauru-cuba.htm |title=ECONOMY|archive-date=26 February 2008|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref> An unspecified number of Cuban doctors are serving in Nauru.
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| {{flag|New Zealand}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

Regarding relations with [[New Zealand]], Cuban ambassador José Luis Robaina García said his country had "admiration for [[Foreign relations of New Zealand|New Zealand's independent foreign policy]]".<ref name="autogenerated1" />

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Wellington]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/nuevazelanda |title=Embassy of Cuba in New Zealand |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419180414/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/nuevazelanda |archive-date=2018-04-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* New Zealand is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/latin-america/mexico/embajada-de-nueva-zelandia |title=Embassy of New Zealand in Mexico |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-date=2017-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811142621/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/latin-america/mexico/embajada-de-nueva-zelandia |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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| {{flag|Solomon Islands}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba – Solomon Islands relations]]
Relations between the [[Solomon Islands]] and Cuba have only a short history. The two countries moved to establish relations from the 2000s (decade), and particularly from 2007, within the context of Cuba's growing interest in the [[Pacific Islands]] region. Like other countries in Oceania, Solomon Islands is a beneficiary of Cuban medical aid; bilateral relations between Havana and [[Honiara]] must be viewed within the scope of [[Cuban-Pacific relations|Cuba's regional policy in Oceania]].

In April 2007, the ''[[Solomon Star]]'' reported that the [[Solomon Islands]]' High Commissioner to the United Nations was soon to be sworn in as Ambassador to Cuba.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solomonstarnews.com/?q=node/13688 |title=solomonstarnews.com |publisher=solomonstarnews.com |access-date=2012-03-23}}</ref> In September 2007, it was announced that 40 Cuban doctors would be sent to the Solomon Islands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s2030359.htm |title=News &#124; ABC Radio Australia |publisher=Radioaustralia.net.au |access-date=2012-03-23}}</ref> The Solomons' Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Patterson Oti]] said that Solomon Islander doctors would "learn from their Cuban colleagues in specialized areas".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solomonstarnews.com/?q=node/13243 |title=solomonstarnews.com |publisher=solomonstarnews.com |access-date=2012-03-23}}</ref> In addition to providing doctors, Cuba provided scholarships for 50 Solomon Islanders to study medicine in Cuba for free.<ref name="autogenerated3" /><ref name="RNZI_38300">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=38300 |title=Cuban-trained doctors sorely needed in Solomons |date=28 February 2008 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Tuvalu}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Tuvalu relations]]

Relations between Tuvalu and Cuba are recent, having developed in the 2000s (decade). Like other countries in Oceania, Tuvalu is a beneficiary of [[Cuban medical internationalism|Cuban medical aid]]; bilateral relations between [[Funafuti]] and Havana must be viewed within the scope of [[Cuban-Pacific relations|Cuba's regional policy in Oceania]].
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| {{flag|Vanuatu}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Vanuatu relations]]

Relations between the Republic of [[Vanuatu]] and Cuba began shortly after the former gained its independence from [[France]] and the United Kingdom in 1980, and began establishing [[Foreign relations of Vanuatu|its own foreign policy]] as a newly independent state. Vanuatu and Cuba established official diplomatic relations in 1983.<ref name=hommes>{{cite book |last= Huffer |first=Elise |title=Grands hommes et petites îles: La politique extérieure de Fidji, de Tonga et du Vanuatu |year=1993 |publisher=ORSTOM |language=fr | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R--2AAAACAAJ |isbn=978-2-7099-1125-2 }}</ref>
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