China and Cuba Discuss Food Issues

By Carlos Serpa Maceira

Havana, 9 August (RHC) The Minister of Food Industry, Alberto Lopez Diaz, and the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China, Hua Xin, held a dialogue in Havana on the possibilities of foreign investment in the sector where both countries operate in the lobster and eel trade.

During the dialogue, which took place at the Ministry of Food Industry, they discussed the possibility of expanding the market of high-quality Cuban light rum, as well as the expansion of the preparation of technical forces for the fattening of eels and aquaculture, where China has experience.

The head of the food industry explained to the distinguished visitor the responsibility of the agency with the standardized family basket and social consumption, such as children's milk, stewed fruit, the search for suppliers of raw materials for food production.

López conveyed to Hua Xin his gratitude for the support maintained by China against the economic, financial and commercial blockade maintained for more than 60 years by the government of the United States against the island.

Both expressed their willingness to continue to work for the strengthening of the historic bilateral relations.