Belize-Cuba Mixed Commission to be held in Havana
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BELMOPAN, Belize -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in Belize has announced that the 12th Session of the Belize/Cuba Mixed Commission will be held in Havana, Cuba on 22 and 23 October.
The Belize delegation will be headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Wilfred Elrington, along with other government representatives from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health, Education, and Agriculture as well as members of the Mayor’s Association.
The Belize delegation will meet with counterparts in Havana over a two day period to identify and develop new areas of cooperation which will be mutually beneficial to both countries. It is expected that ongoing projects and collaboration will be strengthened. Proposals, for further mutual benefit, include technical cooperation projects in education, health, foreign affairs, agriculture, forensics, disaster management and culture. Ministry of Education officials will also meet with Belizean students studying in Cuba. Presently there are approximately 250 Belizean students pursuing academic studies in various parts of the island in a wide number of disciplines.
The two countries have been collaborating on bilateral cooperation projects since 1999 starting with the Cuban Medical Brigade assistance in the Public Health Care System of Belize and the Medical Scholarship Programme. The Belize government provides ten scholarships annually for Cubans to study English as a second language at the Regional Language centre in Belmopan. | | | | Reads : 951 | | | |
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