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Diaz-Canel speaking to Cuban diplomats at the UN. Photo: PL

Díaz-Canel meets with Cuban diplomats in New York to UN

President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez met this Sunday with Cuban diplomats at the headquarters of the Mission to the United Nations, after his arrival in New York to participate in the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly.

According to the account on the Presidency’s social network, the head of state agreed on the good results of the event, held between the 15th and 16th of this month in Havana, and considered a success for the country and the Group itself.

The president will be the sixth speaker in the high-level segment that begins tomorrow at the UN headquarters in New York and includes several events dedicated to promoting the 2030 Agenda.

Díaz-Canel traveled accompanied by the heads of Foreign Relations, Bruno Rodríguez; and Health, José Ángel Portal, who will also present the experiences of Cuba and the G77 and China in areas such as universal health coverage or preparation for the Future Summit.

The High Level Week marks a decisive milestone on the path towards the 2030 Agenda and the urgent need to put the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back into action.

For this reason, the UN General Debate of the great event will begin on September 19 with space, in addition, for the High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development and other meetings to discuss the confrontation with pandemics or the fight against tuberculosis.

With information from PL

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