[NYTr] Ukraine and Cuba Sign Agreements Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 18:01:11 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Prensa Latina, Havana http://www.plenglish.com Ukraine and Cuba Sign Agreements Kiev, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) Ukraine and Cuba signed several bilateral agreements in the framework of the ninth session of their Mixed Commission Tuesday, held in the Ukrainian Economy Ministry in Kiev. The Ukrainian party signed agreements in several fields, including the scientific-technical, transportation and tourism, with signatories Public Health Minister Yuri Gaidiev and the president of the Chernobil Fund Alexander Bazhko. Cuban Vice Ministers for Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration (MINVEC) and Public Health, Ricardo Guerrero Blanco and Rene Hernandez signed for Cuba. Guerrero Blanco spoke about Cuba's ahievements, highlighting the 2006 12.6 percent GDP and the energy program. He discussed the official participation of Ukraine in the 25th International Havana Fair in November, and supported the Ukrainian meeting in this capital to explore scientific-technical collaboration. Ukrainian Economy Minister Natalia Boitsun noted the increase of the Gross Domestic Product in her country, up to 7.7 percent in the first half of this year, while investments in 2006 reached 24 billion dollars. hr ccs tac to PL-47 * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================