Cuba and Russia Assess Economic-Commercial Relations

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 25 (acn) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and Cuba's Ambassador to that country, Emilio Lozada, assessed the progress of bilateral relations, especially economic and trade.

In a communiqué given by the diplomatic mission accredited in Moscow to Prensa Latina, the Cuban party described the meeting as cordial, where issues related to the fulfillment of the agreements adopted at the 13th session (special) of the Cuban-Russian Intergovernmental Commission were especially discussed.
Held on April 22 in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan republic, and headed by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin and the Vice-president of the Council of Ministers of Cuba, Ricardo Cabrisas, the meeting gave a fresh impetus to the deepening of bilateral cooperation.
The meeting also considered that there is a number of regional companies that can find a niche in the areas of bilateral interaction, according to the text.
The regions of Tatarstan, Chuvashia, Mordovia and Orenburg offered to the Cuban ministerial delegation an overview of the leading economic sectors and expressed their readiness to participate in joint projects and in opportunities of the Mariel Development Zone in the northern part of Havana.