Brief statements by the Cuban Ambassador Armando Vergara Bueno to the site Qatarshub.com at the Residence of Japan, after participating in a demonstration of Japanese calligraphy, Sumi-e, published last 5/10/2009 on bilateral ties.


QH: Please, brief statements

AVB: We appreciate this opportunity and believe that these cultural events that we enjoy today at the Residence of Japan help in bringing closer peoples and civilizations. At the same time, we hope to celebrate with you through Cuban cultural events the designation of Doha as Capital of Arab Culture 2010.

QH: Tell us something about the Cuban-Qatari relations…

AVB: These relationships are solid and we are preparing next December to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of them and we feel proud of the links.

QH: Tell us about the volume of trade and commercial relations….

AVB: We aspire to greater trade exchange between the two countries, which are now present, some Cuban products in the Qatari market, as the famous Cuban cigars, but we expect to see new products in the future.

Source: http://www.qatarshub.com/arabic/newsfeeds.aspx?nfid=714&pn=2&ar=1