Cuba's Ambassador Jorge Cepero Meets WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain in Rome

Cuban diplomatic sources and UN/agency reporting recorded a formal meeting in Rome on Feb 24, 2026 between Cuba’s Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to Rome-based UN agencies, Jorge Cepero, and World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain. The exchange was logged by the Cuban mission and noted in UN agency schedules, underlining direct contact at the level that coordinates humanitarian and food-security engagement.

Jorge Cepero attended the meeting in his dual capacity as ambassador to Italy and as Cuba’s representative to the cluster of Rome-based UN agencies. Cindy McCain represented WFP in her role as Executive Director. The location was Rome, where the WFP headquarters and other Rome-based agencies maintain diplomatic channels with member-state permanent missions, including Cuba’s delegation.

Cuban diplomatic sources supplied the record of the Feb 24 meeting, and corresponding UN/agency reporting captured the same engagement, indicating both Havana and WFP documented the contact. That dual recording signals the meeting moved beyond a private courtesy call to an official interaction entered into institutional logs by both parties on the same date.

For Havana’s humanitarian planners and community organizations following food and nutrition programming, the Feb 24 meeting places Cuba in active dialogue with WFP leadership at headquarters level. Jorge Cepero’s role as Permanent Representative to Rome-based UN agencies situates him as the primary interlocutor for operational discussions that could touch procurement, logistics, or program planning with WFP under Cindy McCain’s direction.

Observers tracking Cuba-UN relations should note that the Feb 24 meeting involved the two named principals, Jorge Cepero and Cindy McCain, and took place in Rome where WFP’s executive office is based. Because both Cuban diplomatic sources and UN/agency reporting concurrently recorded the encounter, interested parties can reasonably expect follow-up communications or formal statements originating from either the Cuban mission in Rome or WFP channels that reference this Feb 24 engagement.

The recorded meeting on Feb 24, 2026 between Ambassador Jorge Cepero and Executive Director Cindy McCain underscores continued, institution-level engagement between Cuba and the World Food Programme in Rome. The exchange adds a documented touchpoint to ongoing ties between Cuba’s Permanent Representation to Rome-based UN agencies and WFP leadership, and it will be one to watch for operational updates or joint statements in the coming weeks.