Kingston, Jamaica, 28 April 2021. The Ambassador of Cuba to Jamaica, Mrs. Inés Fors Fernández, this morning paid a courtesy call on the Honourable PJ Patterson, former Prime Minister of Jamaica and president of the PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy, an institution attached to the renowned University of the West Indies.
During the pleasant meeting, the prominent Jamaican politician and statesman made a presentation on the Centre, inaugurated last year in June and designed to promote and coordinate public policies that foster relations between Africa and the Caribbean.
The former Prime Minister also recognized Cuba's important contribution to the African continent and highlighted the international cooperation that the Greatest Island in the Antilles has provided to dozens of countries facing the pandemic, despite being a country subjected to an unjust, economic, financial and commercial blockade by the US government.
PJ Patterson praised Cuba’s progress in the research and development of COVID-19 vaccine candidates which, as he said, is an evident example of the scientific potential of the Caribbean nation.