Cuban Parliamentarians Close Debates in Commissions

Cuban deputies are meeting today on the third and last day of debates of the Parliament permanent commissions, previously to the Parliament’s 6th Ordinary Session of the 8th Legislature.

Since Saturday, the 10th parliamentary groups are debating at the Convention Center about fundamental issues involved in the Cuban society, which is immerse in an economic and social transformation.

Yesterday, deputies announced the good state of the negotiations for more than 40 projects to carry out foreign investments ventures in the island.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment, it is expected that those businesses can be realized in the short term, while talks with potential partners across the world are making progress.

Minister Rodrigo Malmierca explained that a fundamental premise, both in foreign trade and investment, is the diversification of markets, since that responds to the country’s approach to development, with a socialist, prosperous and sustainable economic model.

In the Foreign Relations Commission, vice foreign minister Abelardo Moreno said the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Community (CELAC) in Quito, Ecuador, next January, will serve to seek formulas in order to reduce inequality.

Meanwhile, first Cuban vice-president Miguel Díaz-Canel urged to strengthen the ties between technical-scientific work and agriculture in order to increase agricultural production in the island.

In addition, head of Parliament Esteban Lazo stressed the importance of the non-state sector in the country’s development, which is being promoted as part of the updating of the social and economic model.