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Cuba-Belize intergovernmental meeting concludes in Havana

Published on Saturday, October 24, 2009Email To Friend    Print Version

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The 12th Cuba-Belize Intergovernmental Meeting ended on Friday with the signing of a Cooperation Protocol for the 2009- 2010 period.

The document was signed by Cuban Minister for Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, and Belizean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Wilfred Elrington.

The joint responsibility in sectors like health, education, agriculture, sugar, foreign affairs, trade, transportation and disaster management was agreed at the end of the working sessions.

Elrington, highlighted Cuba’s support for the development of several of these cooperation programs despite the difficult international situation, worsened by the global economic crisis.

He also pointed out Belize’s interest in reciprocating the aid offered by Cuba.

Malmierca made reference to the increasing expansion of cooperation in sectors of mutual interest and to the increasing interest in materializing all accords within the frameworks agreed.
 
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