lunes, 23 de febrero de 2009

Cuba Prepares to Transfer NAM Presidency to Egypt

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 23 (acn) Cuba's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister and ambassador to the UN, Abelardo Moreno, is in Egypt to discuss the transfer the presidency of the Non-aligned Countries Movement withauthorities from that country.

Moreno and a delegation of Cuban officials accompanying him are expected to start working with the authorities of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry of the preparations for the ministerial meeting of the NAM Coordination Bureau.

The meeting is scheduled to be held in Havana from April 27 to 30, reports Prensa Latina news agency.

During his stay in Egypt, the Cuban diplomat said that the delegation will also discuss details of the 25th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the group.

Cuba, which has been chair of NAM since September 2006, will pass on the presidency of the organization to Egypt during the Summit due to be held from July 11 to 16 at the Red Sea resort located Sharm El-Sheikh.

Moreno said the Cuban delegation will discuss the movement's activities with the Egyptian authorities, and the policy that the non-aligned countries have been following under the Cuban leadership.

The Cuban representative, president of the Preparatory Political Commission of the ministerial meeting, explained that the documents to be submitted for approval by the heads of state in the Sharm El-Sheikh summit will be drawn up during the Havana gathering.

Among other Cuban officials working on the meeting's preparations in Egypt are Anallancy Rodriguez Camejo and Maria del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, deputy directors of Multilateral Issues of the Cuban foreign ministry, and also the deputy head of the North Africa and Middle East Department of the same ministry.

(En Egipto delegación cubana para preparativos reunión NOAL)

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