00:00And Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa takes part in the meeting of the Supreme
00:05Eurasian Economic Council scheduled for May 28th and 29th in the city of Astana.
00:10The meeting held under Kazakhstan's pro-temporary presidency of the Eurasian Economic Union,
00:16a regional mechanism aimed at strengthening cooperation, trade exchange and economic development
00:21among its members and observer states.
00:24According to Cuba's Foreign Ministry, this will be the island's 11th participation in
00:29this integration platform and its 13-person attendance as part of efforts to expand economic
00:34and cooperation ties with countries in the bloc.
00:36Valdés Mesa also will hold bilateral meetings with representatives of several participating countries.
00:49We have the opportunity to strengthen the relations and truly work together and we have worked to
00:54ensure there is a contribution toward increasing our relations in the economic and commercial
00:58sphere.
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