South-South Cooperation can play a key role, but won't be able to replace North-South Cooperation
Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, president of the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly, was interviewed during the fourth annual Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD Expo) opened Monday in Rome.
He stated that "South-South cooperation today can play a major role in bringing all the South countries together, and sharing their experiences. At the same time it is also very important that developing countries do this with the support of the developed world."
South-South and North-South Cooperation "complement each other. The South cannot work without the North and the North cannot work without the South. Complement is the key word here.
As president of the United Nations General Assembly, I am committed to promoting South-South and triangular cooperation, as an important part of building a united global partnership. Only such a partnership, based on open dialogue and mutual understanding, can enable efficient collective action in a globalised, inter-dependent world."
