Gabriel first Economics Minister for 15 many years in Cuba

As the first Federal Economics Minister for 15 many years, Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) embarks on a three-day trip to Cuba. In the capital Havana the Vice-Chancellor will meet with several ministers and open a German-Cuban Entrepreneurs Forum.

Meeting with President Raul Castro and his brother Fidel Castro are not foreseen. SPD leader Gabriel ought to also appeal to the poor human rights scenario in Cuba.

Final time was with Werner Müller in 2001 a German Minister of Financial Affairs on the Caribbean island. In July, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) had utilised throughout a pay a visit to to Havana for a deepening of relations.

Given that the historic rapprochement with the United States is communist Cuba right here, insular economic system cautiously for traders to open his decades.

German companies now hope for jobs in the country’s modernization. So Gabriel is accompanied by a 60-member delegation entrepreneurs. The German-Cuban trade was only 224 million euros 2014th In the ranking of German exporters Cuba was hence ranked 101.