The offer was made by Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz in a speech before the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council.
The Cuban government has offered its vaccines against COVID-19 to the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, a forum of the post-Soviet space in which Russia, Belarus and Armenia, among others, meet.
The offer was made by the Cuban Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz, in a speech before the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council that was made public this Friday by the country’s Presidency.
“I reiterate our willingness to share our modest experiences in confronting COVID and to cooperate to produce and supply these products (the Cuban-made vaccines Abdala, Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus) to the countries of the bloc,” he said.
A total of 8.95 million people have the complete vaccination scheme in Cuba with one of its three formulas, which represents more than 80% of the population.
Cuba has also provided nationally manufactured vaccines to other countries with which it has close political relations, such as Iran, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
The country does not integrate the Covax mechanism, created by the World Health Organization for low- and middle-income countries to access vaccines, nor did it buy them on the international market.
Bilateral trade
In his speech, Marrero also underlined his country’s interest in intensifying its economic ties in “key areas” with the countries of this economic bloc.
I cite areas such as “energy, transport, tourism, the iron and steel industry, mining, health, the pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology and information and telecommunications technologies”.
Cuba also seeks to position in these countries “Cuban products in demand”, such as seafood, natural fruits, coffee, tobacco and rums, said the prime minister, who clarified that Havana is also interested in promoting corporate tourism and of health.
Emerged in 2015, the Eurasian Economic Union has five full members (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia), three countries with observer status (Cuba, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan), and three potential candidates (Moldova, Syria, and Turkmenistan). (I)
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