Amid agendas by the Caribbean, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira met with the president (Miguel Díaz-Canel) and the Chancellor (Bruno Rodríguez) from Cuba.
The meetings with Díaz-Canel and Rodríguez took place separately on Friday night (24). Both meetings succeeded in Havana, Cuban capital.
On the agenda with the president of Cuba, Mauro Vieira handed the Díaz-Canel an invitation made by the Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT), to the Brazil-Caribe summit.
The Brazil-Caribe summit will be held on June 13 in Brasilia. Díaz-Canel accepted the invitation.
“We address possibilities to strengthen our bilateral relationships (between Brazil and Cuba) and advance in cooperation projects,” said Díaz-Canel in a post in his personal Facebook profile.
Minister Mauro Vieira was received by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel shortly after his arrival in Havana.
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Climate change
With its correspondent Cuban, Vieira, who now has the Caribbean country as a partner member this year.
Other subjects that were on the agenda were the effects of climate change in the Caribbean. This year, the United Nations Conference for Climate Change in Belém.
The environmental issue was also a matter between Vieira and Díaz-Canel; In November last year, the passage of a hurricane provoked the, leaving.
“Our island is very vulnerable to the problems of climate change, and having this relationship with Brazil can be important,” said the head of state at the meeting, in ASPA registered in a note of the Cuban presidency.
About the Vieira-Rodriguez Meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba said, by note, that “the excellent state of bilateral relations (between Brazil and Cuba) was proven.
After the hearing with Cuban President Díaz-Canel, Minister Mauro Vieira held a working meeting in Havana with chancellor Bruno Rodríguez. 🇧🇷🇨🇺
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According to the Cuban Chancellery, Vieira reinforced Brazil’s opposite position to both and.
Vieira has been visiting countries from the Caricom, the Caribbean community in recent days, and multilateral organizations in the region.
The chancellor traveled to the Caribbean to strengthen relations with the region’s countries before the June summit. The trips began on Tuesday (21) in Trinidad and Tobago, and Cuba was the last stop.
