India headlines third Global South Voice Summit

India held the third Voice of the Global South Summit in virtual format, an event in which it reaffirmed itself as the visible head of developing countries.

Under the theme “An Empowered Global South for a Sustainable Future”, the event addressed complex challenges such as conflicts, food and energy security crises, as well as climate change, he noted. Telesur on their web portal.

«The Global South Voice Summit is a platform where we give voice to the needs and aspirations of those who until now have not been heard. Our strength lies in our unity,” said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

According to the Foreign Minister of India, Subrahmanyam Jaisnankar, among the priorities of the participants were the climate crisis, debt or recovery from the effects of the pandemic, in a context of global instability.

“Climate concerns were very strong, I would say that was probably the main issue,” said the Indian foreign minister. Likewise, he highlighted that the effects of the conflict in Gaza was another highly discussed topic, far ahead of the situation in Ukraine.

This is the third edition of this meeting created last year on the occasion of the Indian presidency of the G20, and it occurs at a time when the Asian country is looking for new allies.
Cuba denounced negative impact of unilateral coercive measures.

In his speech at the Third Voice of the Global South Summit, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, urged to multiply solidarity and cooperation in the face of coercion, unilateralism and selfishness.

In that sense, he pointed out that if we really hope to move forward towards the development of all these countries, it is imperative to articulate a new international economic order and reformulate the current financial architecture.

Likewise, Rodríguez Parrilla expressed that coercive measures such as the United States blockade against the Greater Antilles is a serious obstacle to the full achievement of economic and social development.

In addition, he pointed out that the arbitrary, fraudulent and unprovable inclusion of Cuba in the State Department’s unilateral list of alleged nations.