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Santos hopes to improve Colombias economic ties with Cuba
written by Stephen Gill July 18, 2017
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed on Monday that he aims to secure an expansion of economic ties with Cuba during his visit to the Caribbean country this week.
The head of state traveled to Havana on Monday along with some 20 Colombian businessmen in the sectors of construction, packaging, agribusiness, food, electricity and electronics, engineering and oil service, and energy and chemicals, all of whom participated in a Cuba-Colombia Business Forum.
“This is the ideal time to take advantage of these good relations Cuba and Colombia have. Today businesses are made sector by sector, company by company, to see how we make decisions that strengthen trade and investment,” said Santos.
Colombia and Cuba had entered into an Economic Complementation Agreement within the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) framework in 2001 but with the latter more open to trade discussions recently, Santos is seeking to take advantage and expand trade potential across the board.
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https://colombiareports.com/colombia-president-santos-hopes-improve-economic-ties-cuba/