The Deputy Head of Mission of the Cuban Embassy in India, Abel Aballe Despaigne, and the First Secretary, Lourdes Aguilera León, held a warm meeting with the Cuban delegation that participated in the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 held in Mahabalipuram, located in the south of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
The Embassy of the Republic of Cuba deeply appreciates the many messages of solidarity and support conveyed by friends from India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan to the Cuban people, in view of the pain and anguish caused by the fire at the Matanzas supertanker base.
The Cuba Bureau at the Office of the Indian Economic and Trade Organization (IETO) was inaugurated on August 7 in the city of Mumbai. In a ceremony attended by the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in India, Alejandro Simancas Marin, and the president of IETO, Asif Iqbal, this center was formally constituted, which will aim to promote trade and economic relations between the two countries.
A delegation of the Cuban banking system, headed by Yamile Berra Cires, Vice President of the Central Bank, and composed of representatives of Cuban commercial banks, held exchanges this week with official Indian authorities in the capital city of New Delhi.
Ambassador Alejandro Simancas Marín highlighted Cuba's attractions as a tourist destination, in the First Edition of the Outbound Tourism Summit, organized by the FICCI Chamber of Commerce in New Delhi. The Cuban diplomat also highlighted the opportunities for foreign investment in this sector, while explaining the different facilities and protections granted to investors in Cuba. The event was chaired by FICCI executives and was attended by a hundred tourism agencies and tour operators.