Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel is in Francia, a new stop of the European tour that has already taken him to the Vatican, Italy, and Serbia.
PRESIDENT OF CUBA PARTICIPATES IN SUMMIT ON NEW FINANCIAL PACT
Paris.- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel participates in the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact on Thursday, a forum inaugurated by the Head of State, Emmanuel Macron.
The Cuban president was received by the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, at the Palais Brongniart, a few minutes before the opening of the two-day event. About 100 heads of State and Government are participating as guests.
Díaz-Canel is attending the forum as the President of the Group of 77 (G-77) plus China, a bloc that includes 134 of the 193 United Nations member states, of which Cuba holds the presidency pro tempore this year.
The forum aims to address the challenge of building a more responsive, equitable, and supportive financial system from multilateralism, allowing it to face inequalities, accompany the fight against climate change, and materialize sustainable development.
Cuba’s positions on this issue are known and include a call for concrete support to the countries of the South in terms of market access, technology transfer, and capacity building.
Cuba also advocates for inclusive international financial cooperation and a multilateral mechanism for renegotiating sovereign debt.
Cuba has been facing an economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States for more than 60 years, a policy that violates international law and multilateralism.
The Summit for a New Global Financing Pact will conclude on Friday, June 23, with the family photo, the closing ceremony, and a press briefing.
CUBAN PRESIDENT AND UN SECRETARY-GENERAL MEET IN FRANCE
The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and the secretary general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres met today in Paris during the summit for a New Global Financial Pact.
Cuba’s Presidency published social media images of the meeting, which took place at the Palais Brongniart (Palais de la Bourse in Paris), where the forum will be held until tomorrow.
The French head of state, Emmanuel Macron, invited Díaz-Canel, who chairs the Group of 77 plus China, and Guterres.
UNESCO AND CUBA STRENGTHEN TIES WITH AZOULAY-DÍAZ-CANEL MEETING
Audrey Azoulay, general director of UNESCO, received today in Paris, the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and discussed the close ties between Cuba and Unesco and the will to promote them.
Díaz-Canel said he felt at home at the headquarters of the multilateral organization and thanked for the opportunity of being there.
They had met in Havana in December 2019, during an official visit by Azoulay, and in November 2018, during a transit visit through French soil by the head of the Cuban state.
This new meeting took place in the context of the attendance of the Cuban president at the summit being held here on a New Global Financial Pact.
August 2022 marked the 75th anniversary of UNESCO’s ties with Cuba. Díaz-Canel took advantage of the occasion to highlight the shared values and thank the multilateral organization for its support in the fight against the U.S. economic, commercial, and financial blockade.
Responding to the occasion, Azoulay highlighted the friendship and described the cooperation as vibrant, with emphasis on sectors such as education.
CUBAN PRESIDENT DEPLORES DAMAGE CAUSED BY AN EXPLOSION IN PARIS
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who is visiting France, regretted the damage caused by a blast on Wednesday, in the fifth district of Paris.
On his Twitter account, the Cuban head of State expressed his condolences for the human and material damage caused by the explosion.
The blast, unofficially attributed to a gas accident, resulted in at least 37 injuries, four of whom are in critical condition.
Several sources state that two people are missing after the blast, which occurred at around 17:00 hours, local time, and caused the facade of the Paris American Academy at Saint-Jacques Street to collapse.
After official visits to Italy and Serbia, Díaz-Canel arrived in Paris on Wednesday to participate as the president of the Group of 77 (G-77) plus China in the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact on June 22-23.
CUBAN PRESIDENT WELCOMED IN FRANCE
French solidarity and cooperation associations welcomed Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who is attending the Summit for a New World Financial Pact and is having a busy agenda.
France Cuba, Cuba Linda, Cuba Si France and Cuba Cooperation France (CubaCoop) wished success to the president and highlighted his participation in the two-day forum at the Palais de la Bourse in Paris as president of the Group of 77 plus China, which brings together 134 of all 193 United Nations member states.
The organizations, all very active in France in support of Cuba, described Díaz-Canel’s presence here as another proof of the failure of the United States in its efforts to isolate Cuba.
Regarding climate change, which attracts the attention of some 100 heads of State and Government invited to the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, they acknowledged Cuba’s efforts to protect the environment, despite the limitations caused by the US economic, commercial, and financial blockade.
France Cuba, Cuba Linda, Cuba Si France, and CubaCoop took advantage of the Cuban president’s visit to reiterate their solidarity with Cuba and demand the immediate lifting of the blockade of more than six decades.
They also defended Cuba’s right to choose its economic and social system in a sovereign manner and urged the French Government not to bow to Washington’s hostile measures to suffocate the Caribbean island. (PL)
