Ana María Mari Machado, vice-president of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba (Parliament), today held talks with legislative authorities from China, India and Vietnam, in the context of the 12th Parliamentary Forum of the BRICS group, which is meeting in New Delhi, the Indian capital.

The Cuban Parliament’s X account described the meetings held by Mari Machado as fruitful. She also exchanged views at the opening of the event with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and with Om Birla, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house.

In addition, she spoke with Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

The delegation headed by the vice-president of the Cuban Parliament intervened this Monday in the plenary sessions of the BRICS Parliamentary Forum, where there was a resounding condemnation of the economic, commercial and financial blockade, the energy siege and other unilateral coercive measures imposed by the US government against Cuba.

The plenaries were dedicated to Strengthening Parliaments for People-Centred Development.

The Cuban delegation is made up of Alberto Núñez Betancourt, president of the Standing Committee on International Relations; Tamara Valido, president of the Standing Committee on Services; Raydel Montesino, president of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with the Parliament of India, and Jesús Mora, director general of International Relations, who paid tribute this Sunday to Mahatma Gandhi at the Raj Ghat memorial complex, as the first activity of the visit.

The forum, scheduled for 26 and 27 October, addresses capacity building and cooperation in the fields of health and the pharmaceutical industry, and features four high-level sessions on resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability.

A special meeting of chairs of parliamentary committees on international affairs discussed parliamentary diplomacy, capacity building and the exchange of best practices.

The programme also includes bilateral meetings, cultural events, among other activities, Prensa Latina news agency detailed.