The Deputy Minister of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs of Austria, Mr. Franz Wessig received the Cuban ministerial delegation composed of the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Trade and Investment, Ileana Núñez Mordoche; Finance and Prices, Félix Martínez Suárez; and the Central Bank of Cuba, Arnaldo Alayón Bazo.
The Deputy Minister of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr. Harald Waiglein received the ministerial delegation, composed of the Cuban Deputy Ministers of Trade and Investment, Ileana Núñez Mordoche; Finance and Prices, Félix Martínez Suárez; and the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC, by its Spanish initials), Arnaldo Alayón Bazo.
Both parties reviewed the state of bilateral economic, commercial, and financial relations and expressed their willingness to expand these ties.
His Excellency, Mr. Dr. Abdulhamid Alkhalifa, Director General of the OPEC Fund for International Development, dear all,
Firstly, I wish to express the cordial congratulations on the occasion of OFID´s forty-third (43rd) anniversary, at the time, I congratulate you on your appointment as Director General, wishing you every success in such a laudable function.
The Vice-president of the Council of Ministers of Cuba, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz and His Excellency Dr. Abdulhamid Alkhalifa, Director General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) signed a Loan Agreement, through which a soft loan of US $ 25 million will be granted to contribute to the financing of Las Tunas province Water and Sanitation Project, Phase II".
A delegation presided by the Vice-president of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz visits Austria aiming to complete an intense working program until next Tuesday, 29 January, which will include official meetings at the multilateral and bilateral levels.
During his stay in Vienna, a new cooperation agreement is expected to be signed with the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) on Las Tunas province Water and Sanitation Project, Phase II".