Vientiane, April 10, 2017. Professor Eksavang Vongvichit, member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Chairman of its Foreign Affairs Committee, received today the Ambassador of Cuba, Pablo A. Rodríguez Vidal.
We the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas – People Trade Treay, at the 15th meeting of its Political Council in Havana:
Recognize the need to face together the challenges in order to achieve sustainable development, including our vulnerabilities as Caribbean countries and in particular as Small Island Developing States and countries in low lying coastal zones, especially in the economic and environmental areas, and to build more just and equitable societies;
In Linz, an Austrian city that is the capital of the Upper Austria region, a debate panel against the blockade organized by the branch of the Friendship Association Cuba-Austria (ÖKG, by its Dutch initials) of that region in coordination with socialist youth (KSV, by its Dutch initials), and the Austria´s Association of Communist Students (KJÖ, by its Dutch initials) was held.
We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of Latin America - People's Trade Treaty, at the 15th meeting of its Political Council in Havana, have been informed of the results of the second round in the presidential elections held in the sister Republic of Ecuador on 2 April 2017, and have decided:
We the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of Latin America – People’s Trade Treaty, at the 15th meeting of its Political Council in Havana:
Denounce and condemn the readiness of a group of US members of Congress known for their reactionary, disrespectful and interfering positions, to reintroduce in that country’s Congress the draft for what is known as NICA-ACT.
We the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas – People Trade Treay, at the 15th meeting of its Political Council in Havana:
Recognize the need to face together the challenges in order to achieve sustainable development, including our vulnerabilities as Caribbean countries and in particular as Small Island Developing States and countries in low lying coastal zones, especially in the economic and environmental areas, and to build more just and equitable societies;
We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of Latin America - People's Trade Treaty, at the 15th meeting of its Political Council in Havana:
The President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP) responded to the message of congratulations that Mr. Renwick Rose, President of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-Cuba Friendship Association, sent him in recent days.
The following is the text of the letter:
Havana, April 6th, 2017
Year 59 of the Revolution
Renwick Rose
President
St Vincent and the Grenadines/Cuba Friendship Society.
Dear friend:
The 15th ALBA Political Council is taking place this Monday, April 10, in Havana with the participation of various Foreign Ministers of the bloc.
The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations (UN) on the human rights of Human Trafficking victims, especially women and children, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, will begin today an official visit to Cuba.
According to the Foreign Ministry of this nation, Giammarinaro will meet in the Cuban capital and carry out other activities that will allow her to confirm Cuba's commitment to the fulfillment of its international obligations in relation to human trafficking.
