Havana, November 3 (RHC) -- Bilateral business forums are set to take place during the International Trade Fair FIHAV 2014, underway in Havana until November 8th.

Business encounters between Cuban officials and businesspeople from Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Argentina and Portugal will be taking place throughout this week, said sources from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment.

From November 2nd through the 8th at the Expocuba exhibition fairgrounds, Cuba will hold bilateral meetings with visitors from Russia and business forums with Portugal.

Also, officials pointed to the scheduled 10th session of the Business Committee Cuba-China. Other highlights in the week's business agenda are a round of business meetings with Venezuela, which for several years has been Cuba's main trading partner, as well as the Second Session of the Business Committee with Hungary, forums with Canada and Poland, and a Cuba-Italy trade seminar.

Such encounters aim to promote the opportunities and guarantees offered by Cuba to foreign capital to invest in domestic key economic sectors.