Cuba and the U.S. shared experiences at “University 2024”

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 7 (ACN) “It is in the interest of the Cuban and the American peoples to have more opportunities to know and have exchanges with each other and, if appropriate, establish and increase cooperation in health care, education, culture, science and all other fields,” said Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuban deputy minister of Foreign Affairs at a meeting with 59 rectors and vice-rectors from various U.S. educational centers held in the context of the 14th International Congress “University 2024”.

Both parties agreed that there is great potential for cooperation between Cuban and U.S. universities based on scientific research projects and academic exchanges.

Fernández de Cossío underscored the U.S.’s current limitations to import from Cuba valuable minerals like cobalt and nickel because of a policy that gives sanctions right of way over the country’s strategic interests of technological development. “This is just one example of the many issues that we can address,” he stressed.

Members of both delegations agreed on the need to strengthen ties and to pay attention to environmental issues in education in order to improve today’s knowledge, skills, abilities and values regarding sustainable development and the pursuance of a dignified life where people can enjoy items and consumer goods increasingly different from those promulgated and promoted by capitalism.