The original document signed by Cuba was received in Brussels.

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Cuba confirmed its commitment to solidarity and cooperation as part of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OEACP), by ratifying the Georgetown Agreement, in its revised version.

The local Chancellery reports the details of said commitment.

Yaira Jiménez, Cuban ambassador to Belgium and to the European Union (EU), deposited the instrument of ratification in which the Caribbean country underlines its adherence to the principles of the organization, which aim at sustainable development, the participation of its members in the global economy and the eradication of poverty.

The original document signed by Cuba (which had already delivered a digital version in October) was received in Brussels, OEACP headquarters, by the legal counsel of its Secretariat, Emmanuel Opuko Awuku.

Born in 1975 through the Lomé Convention, a trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the OEACP, made up of 79 developing countries, has a clear position rejecting the blockade. economic, commercial and financial situation of the United States against Cuba.

The note from the Foreign Ministry states that the largest of the Antilles joined in 1998 as an observer, and in 2000 as a full member.

In addition to sustainable development, integration into the global economy and the fight against poverty;

the organization advocates for peace, stability, multilateralism, free and democratic societies, and the empowerment of youth and women, concludes the text.

(With information from Prensa Latina)