[NYTr] Belizean Foreign Minister on Working Trip to Cuba

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Belizean Foreign Minister Meets Working Agenda in Cuba

Havana, Oct 18 (acn) Belizean Foreign Minister, Lisa Shoma, who is on a 
working visit in Cuba, will participate in the inauguration of the 10th 
Session of Cuba-Belize Joint Commission for Economic and Scientific 
Cooperation on Tuesday.

The two-day meeting, which will take place at the headquarters of the 
Ministry of Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation in this 
capital, aims to reinforce the bilateral relations between Cuba and 
Belize.

Shoma's working agenda on Tuesday also includes a visit to Havana's 
Latin American School of Medicine, where a group of 80 Belizeans are 
currently studying.

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.