The Minister of the Environment, the engineer Dominique Pierre, held a working meeting with the Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of Cuba, Liliana Garcia Socarras around the development and continuity of the Cuban cooperation in the sector forest with his Ministry.

During the meeting, the Minister stressed the importance of these exchanges through the Cuban experts in forestry, while four of them end their mission in Haiti.

Liliana Garcia Socarras evoked the arrival of 6 new Cuban experts who will give continuity to the bilateral cooperation in education and environmental protection.

During a brief ceremony, the Minister of the Environment welcomed the departure of 4 members of the Cuban forest brigade who worked for two years in Haiti. He commended the work of the Brigade in different parts of the country, highlighted the level of coordination and support of Cuban experts in a friendly atmosphere and expressed the gratitude of the Ministry, for their significant contribution in the development of programs for the protection and management of protected areas and reforestation in various zones of Haiti.

The four Cuban specialists expressed their satisfaction at having cooperate in this ministry and have been able to strengthen the ties of friendship and solidarity between the two countries, in addition to the work done on the ground.

The Minister Dominique Pierre added that Haiti was ready to host the next Cuban team which should arrive in the country in April.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14362-haiti-environment-cooperation-between-cuba-and-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10421-haiti-environment-phase-ii-of-the-reforestation-project-of-haiti-with-cuban.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9826-haiti-environment-signature-of-a-cooperation-agreement-in-the-forestry-sector.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-8974-haiti-environment-congratulations-to-the-cuban-cooperation.html

SL/ HaitiLibre