(EFE).- The President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, advanced on Monday his Executive’s plans to cooperate and share experiences with Cuba in areas such as the fight against climate change and the tourism sector.
Torres made these statements in Havana, on the second and last day of his working visit to Cuba, in which he met with various ministers and other officials of the Island’s Government, in addition to meeting with representatives of the Canarian community in the country.
The objective, affirmed the Canarian president, is to “walk hand in hand” with the Cuban government in “the fight against climate change” and also in the development of the tourism sector, vital for both economies.
Torres also announced that next April there will be a visit by businessmen from the Canary Islands to Cuba and a visit to Spain by the Cuban Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Ana Teresita González
In this sense, Torres also announced that next April there will be a visit by Canarian businessmen to Cuba and a visit to Spain by the Cuban Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Ana Teresita González.
“It is very good that we can improve this relationship with the Government of Cuba and the Government of the Canary Islands,” said the president, who described the relationship with the island’s authorities as “magnificent” and “fluid.”
Torres also advocated “doing everything possible” to strengthen trade relations with Cuba and contribute to improving the situation in the country, which is going through a “difficult moment” after two years of serious economic crisis.
The president explained that both governments also intend to launch “a working commission” that includes “the actions” planned by both parties, “not only in the short term but also in the medium and long term.” “We will work in that common and collective body of the two governments,” he said.
He also explained that “a document is going to be circulated” to “be able to improve commercial relations” between both countries and societies, “twinned by multiple ties.”
Torres met this Monday with the Cuban Vice President, Salvador Valdés Mesa, the Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, the Minister of Culture, Alpidio Alonso, and the Vice Minister of Tourism, María del Carmen Orellana. .
He also participated in the inauguration of a seminar on youth employment and the economy within the Making History of the Canary Islands-Cuba forum, and also visited the Casa Canaria Leonor Pérez Cabrera, which he promised to help repair in depth.
The Canarian president began his visit to Cuba this Sunday with a trip to Cabaiguán, where the largest Canarian community resides on the island, some 65,000 people, according to the latest records.
Torres gave a small speech there before several hundred people and then visited the Casa Canaria in this town.
The visit to Cuba concludes this Tuesday, when Torres will travel to Venezuela to continue with the tour of the two Latin American countries with the largest community of Canarian descendants.
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