The XX session of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic and Scientific and Technical Cooperation between Cuba and Russia will be held tomorrow, Thursday, in the capital with the aim of strengthening ties in these areas in accordance with the excellent political relations that exist at the highest level.
The El Laguito Protocol halls will host respective delegations led by Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Vice Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (Mincex); and Dmitry Chernyshenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
As co-chairs of the commission, both officials will attend a meeting in the morning, and in the afternoon the final act and other documents will be signed, Ministry of Sex sources said in an interview with the Cuban News Agency.
In addition, in the context of an important event today, on Wednesday and Friday, the Business Economic Forum and the Meeting of the Cuba-Russia Business Committee will be held.
Dialogues and business rounds will be held in the 1930 Hall of the Nacional Hotel, during which the businessmen of the two countries will exchange ways to strengthen ties on issues of mutual interest, such as transport logistics, agro-industrial cooperation, innovation, digital transformation, construction and tourism.
Prior to these meetings, high-ranking officials from the Eurasian state visited Havana, such as Maxim Oreshkin, presidential adviser on economic issues; Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chairman of the State Duma (lower house) Vyacheslav Volodin.
According to the authorities of the largest of the Antilles, Russia is interested in continuing to actively participate in the National Plan for Economic and Social Development until 2030 and to promote joint projects, consistent with the Economic and Social Strategy, aimed at stimulating the economy. global crisis caused by Covid-19.
Recently in Havana, Ricardo Cabrisas called for strengthening strategic cooperation with this country and increasing its investments in the Caribbean island.
During a working meeting in Havana with Maxim Oreshkin, Economic Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation; The Deputy Prime Minister and head of Mincex recalled that Russia is the second regional trade partner of Cuba and the fifth in the world.
Source: Juventud Rebelde