(EFE) .
During the inauguration of the IV Cuba-USA Agricultural Conference, which ends on Thursday, the president of the bilateral Agricultural Coalition, Paul Johnson, affirmed that Washington’s sanctions harm the interests of businessmen on both sides of the Florida Straits.
Likewise, he welcomed the “new economic policies” on the island and called for greater cooperation between the two governments and between companies, as well as an increase in academic exchange.
Frank Castañeda, president of the Agricultural Business Group of Cuba, thanked the “active role” of the US lobby in that sector to “erode the blockade, which inflicts so much anguish and pain on the Cuban people.”
All this, continued the president of the Bilateral Agricultural Coalition, in order to “solve shared problems” and “build trust.”
In addition, Johnson added that “the connection between US and Cuban citizens” is the “best hope for removing political obstacles” between the two countries.
In this sense, Frank Castañeda, president of the Agricultural Business Group of Cuba, thanked the “active role” of the lobby in that sector to “erode the blockade, which inflicts so much anguish and pain on the Cuban people.
Castañeda highlighted the government reforms in the Cuban agricultural sector, which allow foreign businessmen to invest in that area of the economy.
The IV Cuba-USA Agricultural Conference is expected to conclude this Thursday with a press conference.
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