Cuba to help Sri Lanka challenge UNHRC resolution

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2023/09/16

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday met Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel in Havana and assured him that Sri Lanka will continue to support Cuba at global forums.

Cuba will continue to support Sri Lanka challenge the UNHRC resolution against it, he said.Wickremesinghe is attending the G77 + China Leaders’ Summit in Havana.

Discussions between Wickremesinghe and Canel centred around strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation between the two nations in medicine, healthcare, sports training and coconut cultivation.

Both leaders pledged to support each other at global forums, the Presidential Media Division (PMD) said.

“I spoke with your President. We can help Cuba in coconut cultivation. More than anything we agreed to work together to strengthen the Global South,” he said addressing the Cuban media.

Wickremesinghe will address the UN General Assembly on 21 September in New York.

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Minister of Health of the Russian Federation attends the Sri Lanka–Russia Medical Forum

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Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation, officially visited the Russian House in Colombo to attend the Sri Lanka–Russia Medical Forum, where members of the Sri Lanka Russia Business Council and graduates from the Association of Sri Lankan Graduates from Socialist countries (ASLGSC) attended.

This historic gathering was graced by rectors and representatives from several world-class Russian medical institutions, including Kursk State Medical University, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, and Tver State Medical University, among others.

The forum commenced with an address by Minister Murashko, during which Russian medical graduates in attendance raised pertinent questions regarding medical and pharmaceutical sector opportunities in Sri Lanka.

Levan Dzhagaryan, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, together with Madam Maria L. Popova, Counsellor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Sri Lanka & the Maldives and Director of the Russian House in Colombo, graced the occasion. Both officials expressed strong support for continued collaboration and future initiatives between the two nations.