
Statement by Salvador Valdés Mesa, vice-president of the Republic of Cuba, at the opening session of the Third South Summit. Kampala, Uganda, January 21, 2024.
Your Excellency Yoweri K. Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda;
Your Excellency Dennis Francis, President of the Seventy Eighth Session of the United Nations General Assembly;
Your Excellency Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
Ana Teresita González Fraga, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment (MINCEX, by its Spanish initials) stated today during the UN High-Level Meeting on Middle-Income Countries that access to external financing, special and differential treatment in trade matters and international cooperation are crucial for middle-income countries in a complex global political, social and economic context, exacerbated by the aftermath of COVID-19.