ALBA-TCP leaders discuss in Havana post-pandemic plan

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 14 (ACN) The analysis and approval of a work plan for the post-pandemic stage of COVID-19 is among the main issues to be discussed by the leaders of the delegations attending the 20th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas-People's Trade Treaty(ALBA-TCP), which is taking place today in Havana.

The heads of state and government attending the meeting, the first to be held in person since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, will analyze the regional situation and that of their countries as a result of the health and economic crisis caused by the novel coronavirus, and will approve a plan of action to face these challenges.

Sacha Llorenti, executive secretary of the political coordination mechanism, said at a press conference that the nations that make up the bloc show a positive management of the pandemic as a result of cooperation strategies, which will also mark the actions in the new stage.

The executive secretariat will propose to the heads of delegations the creation of an observatory to make periodic reports on the destination of a 224 million dollar fund recently created by the United States to promote destabilizing actions in the region.

In 2022, it is also proposed to make progress in economic cooperation, for which a meeting of the council on economic complementarity is being prepared with a view to strengthening this area, for example transport connectivity between member countries, which is one of the priorities for 2022.

Founded on December 14, 2004, ALBA-TCP currently comprises Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada.