After the conclusion of an official visit to Angola. Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, arrived in South Africa on Tuesday, where he will take part in the BRICS Summit.
As reported by the presidency’s account on Twitter, it is about It is the first time that Cuba has attended this event, this time representing the Group of 77 and Chinathe organization whose current president is Pro Tempore
@DiazCanelB will be attending the #BRICS Summit, the first for the Greater Antilles, which on this occasion also represents the Group of 77 and China, and is being organized by the current President in interim. #DiazCanel in Africa.
During the meeting, Cuba will call for enhanced effective coordination between the two consultation mechanisms to defend the claims of the Global South.
The Head of State toured several African countries, accompanied by a delegation that included Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Ángel Portal Miranda, Chief of Public Health, and Emilio Lozada, Head of the CCPCC’s Department of International Relations. , among other officials.
The delegation accompanying the President on this tour consists of Foreign Minister @BrunoRguezP; Public Health Minister @japortalmiranda; Head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party @EmilioLozadaG; and other officials.
The abbreviation “BRICS” refers to an economic trade association that includes the five emerging national economies that in the first decade of the twenty-first century were the most promising in the world: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
(taken from ACN)
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