[NYTr] Cuba-Belize Joint Commission Wraps Up in Havana
 
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:39:08 -0500 (CDT)

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Cuba-Belize Joint Commission Wraps Up in Havana

Havana, Oct 19 (acn) The Tenth Session of Cuba-Belize Joint Commission 
for Economic and Scientific Cooperation is wrapping up this Friday 
after two days of work aimed at expanding bilateral cooperation in 
various spheres.

The Belizean delegation at the forum is presided over by Foreign 
Minister Lisa Shoman who has been in Havana since Wednesday meeting a 
tight working agenda that included several meetings with local 
authorities.

The Final Act of the Joint Commission will take in the conclusions of 
this meeting that will contribute to the strengthening of friendship 
and solidarity bonds existing between Cuba and Belize.

Cuba and Belize established official relations on July 14, 1995 with 
the signing of several cooperation and migratory agreements. Both 
countries have also agreed to fight drug trafficking, and to 
reciprocally promote and protect their investments.

Some 110 Cuban healthcare workers, among them 64 doctors, are currently 
serving in Belize where they have saved over 58,800 lives over the last 
few years. Meanwhile, 586 Belizeans have recovered their sight thanks 
to the Operation Miracle eye-surgery project promoted by Cuba and 
Venezuela.

Belize, which is member state of the Non-Aligned Movement, has 
manifested its support for Cuba in several regional forums condemning 
the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by successive 
US administrations over the last four decades.

Belize is a Central American country that borders on Mexico to the 
northwest, Guatemala to the southeast, and on the Caribbean Sea to the 
east. It has an area of 22,966 square kilometers and a population of 
299,800 inhabitants.

Belize got its independence from Great Britain on September 21, 1981.
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