No:331/23, Press release on the working visit of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Fariz Rzayev to Cuba
17 June 2023 11:23
On 15-16 June 2023, the visit of the delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Fariz Rzayev to the city of Havana, Republic of Cuba, took place.
During the visit, F. Rzayev held meetings with Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ana Teresita González Fraga, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment. During the meetings, cooperation issues on multilateral platforms, including within the framework of the UN, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77, as well as possible partnership opportunities between the two countries in the field of international development assistance, were discussed.
The importance of coordinated activity between Azerbaijan as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement and Cuba as the current Chair of the Group of 77, which will serve to protect the interests of the members of both international institutions, was emphasized.
Within the framework of the visit, on 16 June, a presentation event was held for ambassadors of the island states of the Caribbean basin accredited in Cuba on Azerbaijan’s chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement and its international development assistance policy.
The Azerbaijani delegation informed the participants about the Global Call to support the post-pandemic recovery of Small Island Developing States, announced by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, within the framework of the Summit of the Contact Group of the Non-Aligned Movement on the fight against COVID-19 held in Baku on 2 March 2023.
It was stated that within the framework of that Call, Azerbaijan, as the first donor, envisages assistance in the amount of 1 million US dollars to those states. The importance of consultations on the needs of island states in the post-pandemic period was highlighted. The event continued with interactive discussions on the relevant topic.
