Iran’s Vice President for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-Based Economy, Ruhollad Dehghani Firouz Abadi, confirmed his presence at the forum, which will be held under the theme “Current Development Challenges: Role of Science, Technology, and Innovation.”

Vice Presidents of Nigeria and Kenya, Kashim Shettima and Rigathi Gachagua, respectively, confirmed their participation in the Summit, which will be the appropriate scenario to listen to the voice of the Global South.

Havana’s streets are being decorated to welcome the leaders and representatives of the member States of the bloc, which accounts for 80 percent of the world’s population and more than two-thirds of the United Nations membership.

Cuba assumed, for the first time, the presidency pro tempore of the G-77 plus China in January this year.

According to José Ramón Cabaña, director of the Research Centre for International Policy (CIPI), Cuba has demonstrated leadership and consensus building during its term.

Cabaña affirmed that an expression of this will be the holding of the next Summit, which aims to outline strategies to achieve a fairer and a truly democratic world.

The meeting, convened by President Miguel Díaz-Canel, aims to strengthen the unity of the member countries and decide on collective and practical actions to face today’s challenges effectively.

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