Cuban President Raul Castro will deliver his first address to the United Nations General Assembly later this month and is expected to use his speech to push for an end to the US embargo.

This has been confirmed by Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez who says a draft schedule published by the UN indicated that Castro will speak on September 28th, the same day as US President Barack Obama.

This would be Raul Castro’s first speech to the UN General Assembly since he succeeded his brother as president in 2006, and comes just two months after Washington and Havana reestablished diplomatic relations after more than a half century of enmity.

More than 160 world leaders are expected at the UN General Assembly, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.

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