Havana, October 19 (RHC)-- The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, will begin a tour of European countries this Sunday, which will include official visits to Ireland, the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation.

He will also attend the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, which will take place in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, on the 25th and 26th of this month.

Cuba was the only country in the Latin American and Caribbean region to participate in the 1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement held in Belgrade, capital of the then Yugoslavia, in 1961.

The island was among its founders with the prestige of having crushed -- only five months before and in less than 72 hours, the invasion at the Bay of Pigs -- organized by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States government. Cuba has hosted two Summits of the Non-Aligned Movement.