PHILIPPINE-CUBAN FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
(PCFS)
#6 Agoho street, Pleasant Hills Subdivision, San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan
Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos
March 26, 2024
Dear comrades,
This weekend the Inter Regional Business Forum 2024 took place in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, with the theme "Empowering Raletions between Latin American-The Caribbean and Southeast Asian Countries".
Among the participants from nine Latin American countries, the Cuban panelist, Manuel Cumbrado Muñiz, Vice Director of the Center for the Promotion of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment in Cuba, ProCuba, stood out.
Following a visit by Latin American ambassadors to Kuching, it was decided that the Latin American Film Festival (LAFF) will be held for the first time this year in that city, capital of the State of Sarawak, Malaysia.
The Cuban ambassador to Malaysia, Florentino Batista González, highlighted that the festival will be the first step of cooperation in the exchange of projects between Sarawak and Latin American countries.
This January 30 concluded in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Cuban Cigar Appreciation Week as a heritage of Cuban culture, an exhibition led by the Master Cigar Roller Yaquelin Sosa Cuellar, from Habanos S. A.
For seven consecutive days, the Cuban cigar maker demonstrated her talent and expertise, rolling cigars of different sizes and characteristics and amazed the spectators who followed her demonstrations in seven locations in the capital of Malaysia.
MANILA 17 December 2023 – The Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines represented by Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba represented by Non-Resident Ambassador of Cuba to the Philippines Florentino Batista González marked a significant milestone in diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Cuba with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Political Consultations this December 2023, in Manila.