Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, October 1st- Cuba’s Vice Prime Minister, Inés María Chapman, expressed her country’s willingness to expand its relations with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), its member states and observers, the chancellery reported today.
Speaking virtually at the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council held in Yerevan, Armenia, on September 30 and October 1, 2024, the senior official highlighted the intensive work done by Cuba since the previous session of the Council in June, in Belarus.
She reported that the Caribbean nation is represented in priority sectors such as industry, agro-industry, medical-pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology, tourism, and special development zones, at the third Eurasian Economic Forum, held concurrently with this meeting.
She reiterated the invitation to the member states of the Union for government representatives and business sectors from their countries to participate in the largest multi-sectoral trade exhibition in Cuba and the Caribbean: the International Fair of Havana, which will be held from November 4 to 9.
The occasion will have special significance, as we will celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the conception of this space, which had its origins in 1984, thanks to the vision of the Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, she noted.
She also thanked the members of the EEU for their support in the fight against the economic, commercial, and financial blockade by the United States, and for their demand for the exclusion of the island from Washington's unilateral list of countries that supposedly sponsor terrorism."
She pointed out that these unjust, arbitrary, and unilateral measures bring pain and suffering to the Cuban people and are the main obstacle to their development.
Chapman affirmed that Cuba will continue to advocate for the establishment of a new international economic and financial architecture that is fairer and more inclusive, taking into account the particularities and real potential of nations. (Text and photo: PL)
