HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 19 (ACN) A brigade of 23 Cuban specialists in water supply and sanitation issues arrived in South Africa today to help the country with the sensitive issue of water security.
Rodolfo Benitez, Cuba's ambassador to South Africa, told Prensa Latina that the group of engineers will materialize the implementation of the new bilateral agreement on the subject signed in February 2020.
Joint projects in this area, the diplomat said, are now being resumed after a brief interruption, marked also by the delay in travel due to the restrictive health measures established in both nations because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The South African government has highlighted the importance of the presence of these Cuban experts so that they can also support, from their specialties, the national efforts to confront the Covid-19.
According to Benitez, South Africa has few water resources; most of the water consumed is even imported (from Lesotho).
Because of this, he added, the country needs large water infrastructure projects that it does not yet have, and that is a field in which Cuban engineers will support.
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