Statement by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the fifteenth meeting of the Political Council of ALBA – TCP. Havana, Cuba, 10 April 2017.
Esteemed Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegations of ALBA-TCP member countries;
Distinguished guests to this Fifteenth Meeting of ALBA-TCP Political Council;
The Tehran Mayor's Office convened its traditional annual tree planting ceremony to contribute to the reforestation of the city and its surroundings, in which representatives of the Bolivarian Alliance for Peoples of the Our America- Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) were present.
The official ceremony was chaired by the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, Ali Larijani, and the Mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and was attended by City Council officials and members of the accredited Diplomatic Corps.
The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Tehran called the other representatives of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), as well as members of the Iran-Venezuela Friendship Association, to pay a well-deserved tribute to Commander Hugo Chavez Frias on the fourth anniversary of his physical lost.
Under the motto "defend the union, dignity and sovereignty of Our America," the Heads of State and Government of the ALBA member countries met in the Venezuelan capital on March 5, approving a combative declaration of solidarity with the Revolution Bolivarian, subjected to all kinds of threats and accusations infamous in a campaign orchestrated by the extreme right sells country with the support of the external forces of imperialism.
Comrade Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, our brother Maduro; Dear Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America; Dear Heads of Delegations and Guests: Building unity is the most important task facing any real revolution. The member countries of ALBA-TCP consider solidarity integration as an essential condition for progress towards development ... Venezuela has made a great contribution to regional integration with its solidarity and generosity.