Eritrea highlighted leadership of Cuba's presidency in the G77

Havana, Jan 22 (RHC) Eritrea recognized Cuba for its “laborious and exemplary leadership” during the presidency of the Group of 77 and saluted Uganda for assuming command during the Third South Summit that ends today.

This was stated by Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh at the summit, which he believes provides a new opportunity to reflect deeply and share perspectives on how to strengthen and deepen genuine cooperation and partnership within the Global South.

Saleh considered that it has greater importance due to the interconnected challenges faced by Member States, undermining the achievement of their development goals.

He stressed that intertwined global crises including wars and geopolitical tensions, climate disasters, health pandemics, among others, pose serious threats to the global village, and their immediate victims are the disadvantaged and marginalized societies of the Global South.

He specified that, halfway through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it seems that meeting the planned development objectives and commitments continues to be difficult and the countries of the South are visibly lagging behind despite the declared motto of “leaving no one behind.”

The head of Eritrean diplomacy emphasized that despite the enormous potential and continued promises, a considerable number of people, particularly in Africa, remain at a level of poverty with stagnant socioeconomic conditions.

He highlighted the resilience of his people and the redoubled efforts to rehabilitate the economy through a development strategy anchored in the policy of social justice and partnership focused on key sectors necessary to stimulate growth.

He also denounced the application of unilateral coercive measures for political purposes by a few powers against countries of the Global South, the latter already affected by the current underlying challenges.

As promised during the Havana Summit in September last year, the Group must strive to facilitate access, acquisition and transfer of technology to transform various sectors such as food security, health, energy infrastructure, manufacturing and human resource development and capacity building, he recalled. (Source: PL)