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The Guyana Government sees Cuba’s pro-tempore Chairmanship of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) as the means by which advocacy for integration can be further strengthened.President Donald Ramotar conveyed this aspiration to new Cuban Ambassador to Guyana Julio Cesar Gonzales Marchante who presented his letters of Credence to the Guyanese Head of State at the Office of the President, yesterday. Gonsalez replaces Raul Gortázar Marrero.Cuban Ambassador to Guyana,China Jerseys Cheap, Julio Cesar Gonzales Marchante presenting his letters of Credence to President Donald Ramotar.“I am convinced that it is only through integration and cooperation that our people would be able to address the many challenges of surviving and enhancing in an increasingly hostile and unpredictable international environment,Nike Air Max 90 Black Women,” President Ramotar said.Shortly after winning the November 2011 general elections, President Ramotar sent a message to the IV CARICOM-Cuba Summit in Trinidad and Tobago,Wholesale NBA Jerseys, lobbying Cuba’s Chairmanship of CELAC.Cuban President Raul Castro assumed the pro-tempore Chairmanship of CELAC in January this year after it was formally handed over by Chilean President Sebastian Pinera at the end of a two-day Summit focusing on the region’s association with the European Union (EU).Castro had vowed to perform the duty of chairing CELAC in accordance with international law, the United Nations’ Charter and the fundamental principles that govern the development of ties among nations.Support for an end to the United States’ long blockade against Cuba continues to be the clarion call from many countries. It was again reiterated as Ambassador Gonsalez presented his letters of Credence yesterday.“We thank the consolidated vote in favour to the Cuban resolution calling for an end of this genocide and policy… during the speech delivered at the last United Nations General Assembly,” the Ambassador conveyed to President Ramotar.President Ramotar made reference to the Cuban scholarship programme which is today responsible for numerous Guyanese returning as trained doctors, computer and electrical engineers,Cheap Jerseys From China, agriculturists and architectural specialists.The Guyana/Cuba partnership has also made possible the diagnostic and treatment centres at Diamond,China Jerseys Wholesale, Mahaicony, Suddie and Leonora,Cheap Jordan Sneakers Wholesale, and the state of the art ophthalmology hospital in Berbice.At the multilateral level, the two countries share common positions on climate change and the environment, crime and international terrorism. |
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