H.E. Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Turkey’s Minister of Industry and Technology, and H.E. Dr. Armando Rodríguez Bastista, Cuba’s Minister of Science, Technology, and the Environment, held a cordial and productive meeting on the sidelines of COP31, which is taking place in Antalya.
H.E. Joao Paulo Capobianco, Brazil’s Minister of the Environment and Urban Development, and H.E. Dr. Armando Rodríguez Batista, Cuba’s Minister of Science, Technology, and the Environment, held a cordial and productive working meeting in Antalya, Türkiye, on the sidelines of COP31.
H.E. Fuat Oktay, former Vice President of the Republic and current Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, received H.E. Armando Rodríguez Batista, Cuba’s Minister of Science, Technology, and the Environment, accompanied by Raúl Omar Acosta Gregorich, President of INOTU, and Alejandro F. Díaz Palacios, Cuba’s Ambassador to Türkiye.
During the meeting, an update was provided on Cuba’s socioeconomic situation, the impact of the U.S. embargo on the Cuban people, and the implementation of economic and social reforms.
In addition, the state of bilateral relations was reviewed, along with the potential and opportunities for deepening those relations in various sectors.
H.E. Dr. Armando Rodríguez Batista, Minister of Science, Technology, and the Environment, and head of the Cuban delegation to COP31, which is being held in Antalya, Türkiye, attended the leaders’ meeting at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Cuba’s Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Armando Rodríguez Batista, who is heading the Cuban delegation participating in the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31), held a meeting in Ankara with Esin Güral Argat, Vice Chair of Gürok Group and a leading representative of the COP31 Business Forum, and Evrim Arıkan, Head of International Business Development at Betaphar Pharmaceutic. The Cuban minister was accompanied by Eulogio Pimentel, First Vice President of BioCubaFarma and member of the National Assembly of People's Power, and Alejandro Francisco Díaz Palacios, Ambassador of Cuba to Türkiye.