The meeting took place at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana.
Photos: Estudios Revolución

Havana, July 7 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, received on Thursday Luis Felipe López-Calva, regional director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for Latin America and the Caribbean, who is on an official visit to our country.

According to the website of the Cuban Presidency, the president assured during the exchange that the largest Antillean island will comply with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, despite the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States.

López-Calva, who has been in Havana since the 4th, acknowledged that the Caribbean nation has always been a great friend of the UNDP.

The day before, the regional director of this United Nations Program was received by Alejandro Gil Fernández, Cuban deputy prime minister and head of Economy and Planning, who discussed the current context of the national economy, and thanked the support of the organization in important tasks for our development.

His work agenda included interviews with authorities of the Cuban Civil Defense, with representatives of the Single Window and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, as well as with the Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya.

He also met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, and with authorities of the Ministries of Tourism and Public Health, in addition to a visit to the western municipality of Artemisa, where he learned about the role of the provincial government in the creation of territorial and local initiatives that promote an inclusive and multidimensional development.