President Ranil Wickremesinghe will participate in the Summit of the Group of 77 (G77) plus China, which will take place in Cuba this month.
According to the President’s Media Division (PMD), the President will leave for Cuba next week.
President Wickremesinghe is set to address the summit after being invited by the present Chairman of the summit, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.
The Summit of the Group of 77 (G77) plus China will be held on September 15 and 16 in the Cuban capital, Havana.
‘Current challenges of development: Role of science, technology and innovation’ is the central theme of the upcoming event.
The G77 plus China was founded in 1964 within the Non-Aligned Movement and is a coalition of 134 countries that promotes the collective economic interests of its member states and the creation of enhanced joint negotiation power at the UN.