The South Korean government reported this Wednesday a donation to Cuba through UNICEF, valued at $300,000, to try to alleviate the effects of the torrential rains that have hit the island in recent weeks, affecting more than 18,000 people.
Seoul plans to provide “emergency medicines and medical supplies through the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) office in Cuba,” the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
“The Government hopes that this support will quickly stabilize the lives of the Cuban people affected by the heavy rains and help restore the affected areas,” the text added.
“The Government hopes that this support will quickly stabilize the lives of the Cuban people affected by the heavy rains and help restore the affected areas”
The rains that have fallen on the island since the beginning of June have caused the death of at least six people and affected another 18,500, while some 11,000 homes have been lost and some 114,000 hectares of arable land have been damaged.
Although the two countries do not officially maintain relations, South Korea is trying to promote ties with Cuba, and last year it donated 200,000 dollars after the fire in a fuel depot in Matanzas caused by a lightning strike that also caused one death, plus than 100 injured and extensive damage.
This same June, the Yonhap news agency reported a meeting that took place a month earlier “to discuss strengthening exchanges.” The meeting took place within the framework of the meeting of the Association of Caribbean States (AEC) between the South Korean Foreign Minister, Park Jin, and the Cuban Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Josefina Vidal, according to what the agency found out from diplomatic sources.
In a press conference, the Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed the meeting and said that “both parties exchanged points of view on mutual interests, including cooperation at the (AEC) level.”
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