Cuban leader Fidel Castro will deliver Friday his first public speech since 2006, during a meeting with students of the Havana University.

The speech would focus on 'another war in the Middle East with unforeseeable consequences for the world', Cuba's Granma newspaper said.

It would be broadcast live by the country's leading radio and TV channels.

The Cuban leader, who has rarely been seen in public since ceding power to his younger brother in 2008, has made a series of public appearances this summer.