Final Declaration of the 7th CARICOM-Cuba summit meeting
December 8, 2020
We, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba, gathered via videoconference on 8 December, 2020, on the occasion of the 7th CARICOM-Cuba Summit held in commemoration of the 48th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the four CARICOM independent States and Cuba and the 18th anniversary of CARICOM-Cuba Day;
Her Excellency Mrs. Rebeca Grynspan, Ibero-American Secretary General;
Excellencies, Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegations of Ibero-America;
May you receive cordial greetings from Havana.
I thank the Pro-Tempore Secretariat of Andorra for the successful celebration of this meeting and the wise way in which the Conference activities have been conducted, even amidst the exceptional circumstances imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We reiterate our support and recognize the work of the Ibero-American General Secretariat in these efforts.
On the late night of Saturday, November 28, 2020, the General Director in charge of the United States of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, summoned the United States Chargé d'Affaires Timothy Zúñiga-Brown, to whom he conveyed that “Cuba it does not allow the United States or any state to interfere in the internal affairs of the country ”. He also asked him to reiterate that statement to the State Department.
Copenhagen, November 23, 2020. The Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Nordic Council (parliamentary body in charge of relations between the Nordic countries), Berthel Haarder, received the Ambassador of Cuba in the Kingdom of Denmark, Roger López García, in the “Folketing”, seat of the Danish Parliament.
The Cuban diplomat conveyed him the will to promote interparliamentary relations and cooperation, as a contribution to the development of ties between our two countries.