Autor: Nuria Barbosa León | internet@granma.cu
"Namibia will always stand by Cuba," said Veronika Verna Mpingana Sinimbo, Namibia's Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, who recently visited Havana to explore business areas at the enterprise level and expand bilateral cooperation.
The friendly relationship between the two nations, strengthened by Cuba's contribution to Namibia's independence, reached its highest level in recent years with the visit of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, to Namibia last August.
That visit marked a shift in relations from being dealt with through a working group to being taken up as part of the working agenda of intergovernmental commissions.
Currently, a Cuban medical brigade offers services in remote and difficult to access places in Namibia, where it also prepares human resources that can contribute to the development of health in the brother country. Young Namibians are also graduating from Cuban universities, mainly in the field of medicine.
Now, with the visit of the Namibian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, the desire to collaborate in the area of food processing, as well as in agriculture, fishing, and the food industry, has been expressed.
Exchanges in the pharmaceutical industry have also been valued, based on Cuba's accumulated experience in the creation and production of medicines and medical supplies, and Namibia's vision of expanding development in this sector.
Veronika Verna Mpingana Sinimbo participated in the 39th Havana International Fair, which took place from 6 to 11 November. "On this occasion, I came to explore, but next year we want to return with a larger business team, with representation from the Namibian private sector to finalize agreements," she said, and stressed that Cuba is a hospitable country with a very attractive people to promote any economic activity.