The Havana International Fair, FIHA-2024, strengthens business alliances with commercial partners and, as a sign of the support that the international business community maintains with the island, the inauguration of the Russian Federation Pavilion took place on Monday, with the presence of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.

Viktor Koronelli, Russian ambassador, said that Russian investors are increasingly interested in the development of mutually beneficial joint projects, which at the same time seek to meet the main needs of Cuba.

Koronelli expressed that the main areas of interest are in the spheres of energy, industry, tourism, digitalization, among others.

For his part, Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, head of Foreign Trade and Investment (Mincex), thanked Russia for its participation in this fair, and highlighted the extensive cooperation links between the two nations, based on instruments that are signed and ready to be used for the benefit of the countries' businessmen.

At another time, during the celebration of the Cuba-Russia Business Forum, the First Deputy Minister of Mincex, Carlos Luis Jorge Méndez, said that this space is an opportunity to strengthen trade ties and explore new avenues of business exchange.

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