Banjul, Dec 15.- Cuba ratified this Tuesday the solidarity character of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) at its XX Summit held in Havana, the Gambian newspaper Daily publishes today News.
In its printed edition, the daily reference of this West African nation cites fragments of the intervention of the president of the largest of the Antilles, Miguel DÃaz-Canel, at the inauguration of the conclave, which concluded with a final statement. It points out that the host president expressed that in the face of the pandemic and the intensification of the US siege against Latin American and Caribbean countries, our democracies do not base their forces on arms.
He recalled among the founding values ​​of the organization cooperation and the defense of sovereignty.
“ALBA was born out of solidarity, it asserts itself in the power of the peoples to transform history”, stressed the Head of State of the oldest Caribbean archipelago.
In that sense, he listed the solidarity exchange samples between the members of the bloc during the health emergency caused by Covid-19, the Daily News note highlights.
The XX Summit is the culmination of a year of intense work after dozens of meetings held and the XIX Summit of the organization, held virtually in Venezuela, added the Cuban president.
He reiterated his country’s commitment to the regional Alliance and the nations that make it up, and called for continuing to strengthen it.
For the first time in person, after the impact of the Covid19, the XX Summit brought together dignitaries from its ten Latin American and Caribbean member states with the purpose of analyzing, among other issues, the creation of joint strategies that allow facing the post- pandemic.
The presidents of Bolivia, Luis Arce; from Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro; from Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega; as well as the Prime Ministers of Granada, Keith Mitchell; and from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, were present at the event. Representatives from Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbudas and Saint Kitts and Nevis also participated, concludes the Gambian daily report.
