TIL Desk/World/Havana/ President Ram Nath Kovind has urged Cuba to lead alongside to empower the developing nations, seeking to “play a leading role in enhancing the South-South cooperation”. Marking the end of the first visit by an Indian leader to the Caribbean island in more than six decades, Kovind here on Friday expressed his wish that Cuba and India “claim a greater voice for the developing countries” .
In front of an audience of students, politicians and diplomats at the University of Havana, Kovind in his speech, entitled “India and the Global South”, stated that “partnership for development has been at the heart of international relations between the two countries”.
He also stressed that Cuban medical relief missions and doctors abroad “have brought health benefits to millions of people around the world”. The visiting Indian head of state pointed out the “warmth and friendship” between the two nations, and insisted that developing countries “must work together to gain a better place in the global order”. He said in order to achieve that it was necessary that they maintain “mutual respect and solidarity”.
