New York, September 26, 2024 – Paul Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Antigua and Barbuda, emphasized the importance of strengthening participatory and educational policies for youth, along with the defense of national sovereignty, during his speech this Thursday at the XXIV Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP).

Chet Greene expressed the need for the Alliance countries to reinforce the plans and strategies emerging from the bloc and highlighted the significance of youth involvement in the region. He also reiterated his nation’s commitment to the principles of respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, and non-interference in the internal affairs of states.

He further expressed his nation’s opposition to the U.S. embargo on Cuba, calling it an action that causes “great suffering to the Cuban people and a violation of human rights,” as well as condemning the imposition of unilateral coercive measures against Venezuela and Nicaragua.

Moreover, Antigua and Barbuda’s Foreign Minister congratulated President Nicolás Maduro on his recent electoral victory, in which he was re-elected.

“The people of the Bolivarian Republic heroically turned out in large numbers to exercise their constitutional rights and entrusted President Maduro with the mandate to continue the Revolution that Chávez began in 1998. They have given the government the responsibility to keep… shaping the economy to improve citizens’ lives and further strengthen the integration and unity of Latin America and the Caribbean,” he said.