Nicosia, Cyprus, May 13, 2026. – The Ambassador of Cuba to Cyprus, Rubén Pino Martínez, participated this Wednesday in the 37th Annual General Assembly of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC), the most important event of the Cypriot maritime sector, held in Limassol, with the presence of the Board of Directors of the Chamber and businesspeople from the sector across the country.
The inauguration of the event was led by Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus, and Annita Demetriou, President of the Cypriot Parliament, whose speeches highlighted the strategic and essential role that Cypriot shipping companies currently play and their impact on the country's economy, in addition to the efforts of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber in its commitment to actively support international efforts aimed at maintaining its excellence and prestige in the region and in achieving sustainable and realistic solutions for the future of global maritime transport.
Both authorities also expressed the local government's intention to continue maintaining Cyprus as an essential maritime reference point in the Eastern Mediterranean, in line with its timely geographical location in that area.
During the session, Pino Martínez thanked the Director General of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber, Mr Alexandros Josephides, for the invitation and his sincere willingness to strengthen ties between the CSC and Cuban counterpart institutions. Likewise, he thanked the current president of that institution, Mr Andreas Neophytou, who, together with other members of the Board of Directors and other key players from Cypriot shipping companies and representatives of the maritime sector, expressed to the Cuban ambassador words of affection and solidarity with the largest of the Antilles.
The Cuban diplomat was able to hold brief meetings with the Deputy Minister of Maritime Transport, Marina Hadjimanolis, and with Stavros Stavrou, President of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with whom he discussed Cuba's interest in strengthening trade relations between the two nations.
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