Cuba and Serbia Sign Parliamentary Cooperation Accord

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 4 (acn) Cuba and Serbia signed on Friday in this capital a protocol of cooperation to strengthen their parliamentary ties, and thereby contribute to boost the current economic and commercial bonds between both nations.
Esteban Lazo, member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party and President of the National Assembly of the People's Power (ANPP) and his Serbian counterpart, Maja Gojkovic, signed the document that sets the guidelines about where legislative relations should focus on from now on.
This agreement is the first of its kind that Serbia signs with a Latin American country, underlined Gojkovic, on an official visit on the island until Saturday, the first by a legislative President since the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia.
I believe that our cooperation should not be limited only to the inter-parliamentary level, but that we should contribute to further deepen bilateral economic ties, she pointed out.
She expressed her country's interest in expanding trade in areas such as medicine, education, agriculture, science, industry, culture and sports.
Lazo recalled the visit to Cuba of the Serbian president Tomislav Nikolic in May, "a reflection of the historic ties of friendship and solidarity uniting the two peoples."
Gojković expressed her country's support for the lifting of the blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States for over 50 years now.

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