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Issues of promoting the development of trade and economic cooperation, interaction in the areas of agriculture, tourism, industry, technical regulation, circulation of medicines and medical products were the focus of the third meeting of the Joint Commission on Interaction of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Government of the Republic of Cuba, created in accordance with the Memorandum on mutual understanding between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Government of the Republic of Cuba . The event took place on January 15 in Havana, co-chaired by EEC Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics Sergei Glazyev and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz.
“Cuba’s commitment to dialogue with the EEC and the EAEU states, as well as the involvement of the business circles of Cuba and the Union countries in the dialogue are intended to ensure the diversification of trade and economic cooperation both in terms of geography and product range,” said Sergei Glazyev.
The EEC Minister emphasized that relations between Cuba and the EAEU are systemic in nature. The leadership of Cuba, as an observer state to the Union, actively participates in the work of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, the permanent representative of Cuba to the EEC - in the work of the Collegium, and representatives of government bodies - in advisory committees on the broad integration agenda of the EAEU.
Both sides emphasized that the EAEU and Cuba are reliable partners, the cooperation between which is only becoming stronger in the context of a difficult foreign economic situation. According to the co-chairs, the time has come to transfer the well-established dialogue at the official level to a practical level and provide enhanced assistance in expanding contacts between the business circles of Cuba and the EAEU countries.
In turn, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz noted that for Cuba, state status - observed under the EAEU - is a deeply thought-out decision based on both historical prerequisites and mutually beneficial economic prospects. The Deputy Prime Minister of Cuba emphasized that it is necessary to give cooperation between the EAEU and his country a practice-oriented nature by identifying and implementing joint projects, primarily in such areas as industry, agriculture, energy and infrastructure. Cuba is ready to present detailed proposals in each of these areas.
Sergei Glazyev supported the Cuban side’s commitment to implementing project cooperation and noted that this is especially relevant in the context of the adoption of a supranational mechanism for financing cooperative projects in the EAEU.
The EEC Minister also told the Cuban partners that systematic work is being carried out in the Union to develop the institution of an observer state under the EAEU, which is reflected in the Declaration on the further development of economic processes within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union until 2030 and for the period until 2045 “Eurasian Economic Path " , adopted by the heads of state of the EAEU on December 25, 2023.
The program of Sergei Glazyev and the EEC delegation also includes a number of working meetings in ministries and departments of the Republic of Cuba, where in the coming days it is planned to substantively discuss issues of cooperation that are of interest to the Cuban side.
An EEC delegation took part in the work of the Joint Commission, including representatives of the Department for Integration Development, the Department of Agro-Industrial Policy, and the Department for Business Development. The Joint Commission also included representatives of government bodies of the Republic of Cuba, Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus Valery Baranovsky, the Republic of Kazakhstan Andrian Elemesov and the Russian Federation accredited in Havana, Victor Coronelli, Russia's trade representative in Cuba Sergei Baldin, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives , representatives of expert and business circles of the EAEU member states.
