The willingness to strengthen commercial and financial ties between Cuba and Iran became manifest today in this city during a Business Forum held by businesspeople from both countries and attended by Ayatollah Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Read more Cuba and Iran agree to strengthen economic tiesCuba is currently betting on bringing international tourism back on track, so as to make of it the “locomotive” of the island’s economy, as it used to be called a few years back.
Quoted on Tuesday by Granma newspaper, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero emphasized the need for all local sectors to work together to that aim, as he assessed the sector’s performance in 2024 and its perspectives in 2025 at a meeting in Havana.
As part of the implementation of the HAB.AMA project, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), a delegation of experts from the Emiliano-Romagnolo Canal (CER) will visit Cuba from June 17 to 26 to present new initiatives aimed at promoting innovative agricultural practices in the country.
Read more Cuba to launch new project to boost agriculture
Cuba's Gross Domestic Product decreased by 11% in 2020 due to the strong contraction of foreign trade, the reduction of international tourism and foreign currency income, due to the effects of the COVID-19 and the reinforcing of Washington's blockade on the island.
Read more Cuban economy falls 11% in 2020
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