Cuba to participate as an observer in the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council

Nursultan, February  4 (RHC)--Cuba will participate Friday in the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in its capacity as Observer State of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

The event will be attended by heads of state and Government of the Eurasian Economic Union and representatives of observer countries, according to the official Facebook Page of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

The Russian Federation and the republics of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan are members of the EEU, and the republics of Moldova, Uzbekistan, and Cuba have Observer country status.

The Caribbean island's Government appointed its ambassador to the Russian Federation, Julio Garmendía, as Cuba's Permanent Representative to the Eurasian Economic Commission.

This would be the first meeting of the EEU in which Cuba would participate as an Observer State, after its status was approved at a virtual summit of its Supreme Council, held on December 11, 2020.

At that summit, President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed Cuba's political will to open greater opportunities for trade and investment with the Eurasian Economic Union.