General Raul Castro to hold meetings with G77 Summit leaders

Havana, Sep 15 (Prensa Latina) The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Army General Raúl Castro on Friday held bilateral meetings with leaders and officials of international organizations attending the G77+China Summit.

September 15, 2023
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The Army general met at the Havana International Conference Center (HICC) -venue of the event, with Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith, Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, and with Mexican Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena.

As reported by the Cuban Presidency on X social media, Gen. Raúl Castro also held a meeting with the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres who took the floor in the opening session of the Summit.

In exclusive statements granted to Prensa Latina, Guterres stressed the significance of holding the G77+China Summit in Cuba, days before the UN General Assembly (UNGA) scheduled for upcoming week.

He also pointed out the bloc “is the voice of the global south”, and valued its contribution to “give a strong boost for an essential change that we want to approve in the United Nations, in order to promote reforms and mobilization of resources in support of the global south”.

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