Malmierca meets with Indian Chamber of Commerce. Image: Twitter

New Delhi, March 10 (RHC)-- The Cuban delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment (Mincex), Rodrigo Malmierca, today visited the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry and attended a business forum with Cuba.

On the social network Twitter the minister explained that in Bangalore India exchanged with executives of the Confederation of Chambers of Commerce, which brings together more than 100 chambers and thousands of companies.

There they explained the possibilities of investment in Cuba in renewable energy, agriculture and biopharmaceutical industry sectors, they also agreed to hold a business forum in Cuba.

Later the delegation participated in a forum organized by the Economic and Trade Organization of India, where Cuba presented Foreign Investment Opportunities in the island and where more than 60 businessmen received information especially on biopharmaceutical and renewable energy sectors.
The group included the Vice Minister of Mincex, Déborah Rivas, the Director of Commercialization of the Agriculture portfolio, Yisel González, and the Director of Generation of Renewable Energy Sources of the Cuban Electrical Union, Ovel Concepción.

In addition to Jacqueline Pedrouzo, director of the Energoimport company, and David Curbelo, commercial and business director of the state-owned biotechnology organization BioCubaFarma.

The visitors arrived in India on Thursday and held a meeting in Bengaluru, capital of the Indian state of Karnataka and center of the country's high-tech industry.

Tomorrow, Saturday, the representatives of the Caribbean island are planning to visit the International Manyata Tech Park software technology park.

The Cuban head of state and the group accompanying him arrived at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport from Doha, Qatar, where they participated in the 5th United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC). (Source:Twitter)