SANTO DOMINGO, March 25 (NNN-ACN) — Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, Cuban minister of foreign trade and investment (MINCEX by its Spanish acronym), heads the Cuban delegation participating at the 14th Ibero-American Business Meeting, in Santo Domingo, in the context of the 28th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government.
On Twitter, Janet Fernandez, director of Trade Policy with Latin America and the Caribbean of the MINCEX, informed that specialists from Pro Cuba, the Chamber of Commerce and the Plaza la Marqueta Local Development Project of the province of Holguin(eastern Cuba) are also attending the meeting.
The meeting, which began on Thursday, is the only reference of the commitment of the private sector and business development, which will bring together important government authorities and prominent representatives of institutions, multilateral agencies, business organizations and companies throughout the region.
Under the slogan Together for a fair and sustainable Ibero-America, some of the themes of this edition are investment, tourism, connectivity, digital transformation, sustainability, infrastructure, energy, social commitment, gender equality and others.
Meanwhile, Venezuela has called for an end to sanctions impacting its people, said Foreign Minister Yvan Gil on Friday during the 28th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government.
Gil made the statements to the state-owned Venezolana de Television from the Dominican Republic, where the Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting was held before the summit on Saturday.
Venezuela has “promoted respect for the fundamental principles of the UN Charter,” he said, adding that the South American country has also called for an end to the sanctions impacting the Venezuelan people.
“We asked for a condemnation, which was a unanimous condemnation reflected in the documents. This summit condemns the use of unilateral coercive measures,” he stated.
Gil said Venezuela has also made a request to the European Union through the governments of Spain and Portugal for a “definitive cessation and repeal of any unilateral coercive measures against the Venezuelan people.”
Gil stressed that the main challenges for Ibero-American countries are to “fight inequality” and narrow the gap between rich and poor countries. — NNN-ACN
