Cuban deputy PM receives UN-AIDS executive director [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

CUBANEW/ACN
11 MAY 2024

HAVANA, Cuba, May 10 (ACN) Ricardo Cabrisas Ruíz, Cuban deputy prime minister and head of the ministry of foreign trade and investment (MINCEX by its Spanish acronym), received Winnie Byanyina, executive director of UN-AIDS and assistant secretary general of the United Nations, on her first visit to Cuba.

During the meeting, both parties reiterated their willingness to continue strengthening the fruitful cooperation in the fight against HIV/AIDS, as well as to promote South-South cooperation for the benefit of other countries in the region and the world, mainly in the African continent, with technology transfer projects.

Cabrisas stressed Cuba's support to the UN-AIDS mandate and in particular to its global strategy, and the Government's willingness to share Cuban experiences with the nations of the South in the prevention and fight against HIV/AIDS, according to a MINCEX press release.

He also highlighted the country's potential for the production of medicines, the transfer of technology and the training of personnel, among other aspects, and thus contribute mainly to the brotherly nations of the African continent.

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