The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, advocated this Thursday for strengthening bilateral relations with Argentinaespecially in the agri-food industry and food production
This was expressed from Twitter, after holding a meeting with the deputy chief of staff of the Government of Argentina, Jorge Neme, visiting Havana. “His visit to Cuba expresses the possibility of continuing to strengthen bilateral relations and promote projects associated with agribusiness, food production and others,” he said.
Today I met with @JorgeNeme_deputy head of the Argentine cabinet, to whom I conveyed my willingness to continue strengthening relations with #Argentina. We exchange important joint projects associated with food production. I appreciated the solidarity with #Cuba. ?? ?? pic.twitter.com/NLPpbpc47v
– Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) May 5, 2022
Neme, for his part, also referred from Twitter that on this visit he has met with senior officials of the Cuban Government such as the Deputy Prime Minister, Ricardo Cabrisas, and the head of the Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment portfolio, Rodrigo Malmierca.
With Cabrisas, he made “a positive diagnosis of the bilateral economic relationship” and of the “potential” of both countries to “increase cooperation and business in agriculture,” Neme wrote.
In their meeting with Malmierca they reviewed “the cooperation project in agricultural matters that will open a horizon of opportunities for the development of bilateral economic relations.”
The Argentine deputy chief of staff said that his country “will export knowledge and experience in Cuba’s agri-food value chain, transferring technology and exporting agricultural machinery and services.” “We are going to contribute to the food security of the Cuban people,” he added.
Last January, the foreign ministers of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, and of Argentina, Santiago Cafiero, signed in Buenos Aires a cooperation agreement for agricultural development within the framework of the XXII Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
A statement from the Argentine Foreign Ministry explained that the objective of this agreement was “to promote Cuba’s food sovereignty by increasing its agri-food production capacity.”
On his previous trip to Cuba -in August 2021- Neme, then Secretary of International Economic Relations of the Foreign Ministry, in addition to several meetings, visited companies dedicated to agricultural activity with a group of Argentine businessmen.
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Neme assured then that Argentina was going to accompany Cuba “in its import substitution process, based on the strengthening of local capacities and the revitalization of value chains.”
Then alternatives were evaluated to develop technical cooperation projects and business models in various agricultural areas in Cuba that have great potential for grain cultivation, as well as for livestock, poultry and goat industries, dairy and tropical fruit production. .
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