BRASILIA, Brazil—Brazilian Political Bureau member and Vice-President of the Republic Salvador Valdés Mesa arrived in the capital of the South American giant at the head of the official delegation of the largest island in the Greater Antilles that will attend the Brazil-Caribbean Summit, to be held June 13 in this city.
Upon his arrival at Brasilia’s Joselinho Kubisheck International Airport, Valdes Mesa was received by Elio Cardoso, Director of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry.
The Cuban delegation included the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Josefina Vidal Ferreiro; the Director of Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rafael Daussá Céspedes; the Cuban Ambassador, Adolfo Curbelo Castellanos, and other officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The meeting, which seeks to promote actions to find solutions to the common problems faced by the region, this time not only summons the nations that make up the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), but also the Dominican Republic and Cuba will participate in it.
Under the slogan “Approximate to Unite,” the meeting, as reported, has on its agenda issues such as food security, the promotion of air, maritime and land integration, the transition to renewable energies, and disaster management, all vital issues for the Caribbean.
The meeting will also allow coordinating positions around the Cop30 Climate Summit, which Brazil will organize next November in the Amazonian city of Belém.
Cuba’s participation is considered a recognition of its deep historical and cultural ties with the English-speaking Caribbean, while reaffirming the important role that the island plays in areas of cooperation and solidarity with the members of its geographical space par excellence.
Beyond regional issues, the Brasilia Summit is also expected to examine other pressing issues on the global agenda.
For the attending countries, the meeting carries great expectations, as a way to increase cooperation in vital areas for development, and they already qualify it as a milestone in the progress and strengthening of ties between Brazil and the Caribbean bloc. —Héctor Martínez Marrero, Granma