Havana, Cuba.-Biotechnology, health, transport, energy and agriculture are some of the sectors in which Cuba and the U.S. city of Houston, Texas, can jointly work at present..

In a business meetinbg held in Havana between Cuban authorities and a delegation of the state of Texas, both parts identified the possible niches of bilateral cooperation.

The representatives of Houston, headed by its mayor Sylvester Turner, expressed their will to strengthen trade and cultural links with the Caribbean island, reason why they support the lifting of the blockade imposed on Cuba for over 50 years.

Cuba has much to offer Houston, the same that Houston has much to offer Cuba, he expressed.

Also, the mayor identified this visit as an important step to consolidate relations between Cuba and his country. The fact that such a diverse and numerous delegation of businesspeople from Houston is in Cuba is evidence of the wish to normalize relations, asserted Turner, mayor of the fourth biggest city of the United States.

On her part, the director of Trade Policy with North America of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment (Mincex), Maria de la Luz B’Hamel, extolled the economic potentialities of the city and its geographic nearness to the Antillean nation.

She also pointed to the joint development capacities thanks to the fact that Houston has one of the most important ports of the U.S. and shares the Gulf of Mexico with Cuba.

This is the first international visit of Turner since assuming the mayorship, accompanied by members of his administration, officials of the business association of Greater Houston Partnership and port authorities and the Chamber of Commerce.