📋 Tender Overview
The issues of preparation of the business dialogue "EAEU - Cuba" within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Forum, which will be held from September 30 to October 1, 2024 in Yerevan, were discussed during a working meeting between the Director of the Integration Development Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikael Belluyan and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to the Russian Federation Julio Antonio Garmendia Peña.
The parties agreed that the agenda of the business dialogue should be devoted to discussing mechanisms for deepening trade and economic cooperation between the EAEU countries and Cuba.
The EEC representative proposed using the opportunities of the EEF platform to hold working meetings with government agencies and the business community of the Union countries and Cuba.
The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba supported this initiative and informed that in addition to official representatives of the country, a business delegation from the Chamber of Commerce of Cuba is being formed to participate in the visit, which is interested in establishing direct contacts with the business circles of the EAEU member states.
Following the meeting, the parties agreed to continue constructive dialogue on other issues of cooperation of mutual interest.
Sectoral cooperation between the EAEU and Cuba is developing within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Government of the Republic of Cuba dated May 31, 2018 and the Plan of Joint Activities for 2021–2025.
In 2020, the Republic of Cuba received the status of an observer state in the EAEU. Cuban Ambassador to the Russian Federation Julio Antonio Garmendia Peña was appointed by the Government of the Republic of Cuba as the country's permanent representative to the EEC.
