Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Chamber of Commerce President Orlando Hernandez expressed satisfaction with trade relations with Japan and the actions to strengthen those ties.

Hernandez referred to the 15th Cuba-Japan Economic Conferences, held on Tuesday in Havana, as a follow-up on another private meeting held on Monday.

He said that such meetings help review the progress of trade and work on the future of commercial relations.

The official assured that the most outstanding sectors in these agreements were tourism, renewable energy and Cuba’s exports.

He also stressed the Cuban government’s willingness to resolve the remaining problems as soon as possible to catch up with its commitments.

When closing the conferences on Tuesday, the Cuban minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, stressed the usefulness of these exchanges to outline the potential for the development of relations between both nations.

Malmierca expressed Cuba’s willingness to work together to strengthen trade and economic relations.

The meeting also allowed Malmierca to meet with the president of the Japan CEJC, Tomoyoshi Kondo, and several exhibitions by Cuban companies on deal possibilities were held.

The meeting highlighted Procuba’s potential with its exportable offers, the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) and Energoimport.

Present on the Japanese side were Mitsubishi, Marubeni, Creo Trade and Jetro, as well as dealing with bilateral trade requests and situations.

A Bilateral Economic Agenda for the medium term (five years) between Japan and Cuba was signed on Monday in Havana, at the Ministry of Foreign Trade’s protocol room, where the meeting was held.

The document was penned by Japanese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Masahisa Sato and Rodrigo Malmierca.

The text was the culmination of the Third Cuba-Japan Public-Private Joint Committee, at which 31 executives from eight organizations and 33 representatives of 14 Japanese companies took part as visitors.

Masahisa Sato recalled that the next meeting will take place in Tokyo in 2020 to examine the results of the agreement.

The Joint Committee highlighted the strengthening of economic and commercial ties between the two countries, including financial and business matters.

The two sides decided that negotiations will continue in January between specialists from both countries to strengthen this agreement.