The Cuba-Eurasian Economic Union Business Forum begins today, aimed at achieving the sustainability of the projects and the development of commercial economic relations.
The meeting, which will take place at the National Hotel in Havana, is expected to become another space to strengthen ties between the Cuban business community and the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union.
At the beginning of this month, Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel participated in the Supreme Council for the 10th anniversary of the Union, and ratified the will of the Caribbean nation to increase its participation in the development of the mechanisms of the bloc.
Díaz-Canel stressed the importance that the island attaches to economic, commercial, financial and cooperation relations with the EEU and its member states, taking into account the historical relations that unite them.
During that meeting, Russian president Vladimir Putin stated that the growth in the trade volume of the EEU is a sign of the effectiveness of the bloc in the face of the siege of sanctions, despite which the total Gross Domestic Product of the member countries of 1 .6 trillion dollars to 2.5 trillion dollars.
The EEU is an international integration economic association that has been operating since January 1, 2015. Its participants are Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Cuba has held the status of Observer State of the EEU since 2020 and since then has deployed an intense work agenda.Cuba-Eurasian Economic Union Business Forum will begin in Havana
