Grenada is set to get more assistance from Cuba under fresh agreements that are set to be signed in Havana this week as Grenada’s Prime Minister embarks on his first official visit.
Prime Minister Hon. Dickon Mitchell heads a powerful delegation that includes 4 of his senior ministers on the visit to Cuba, where they are set to sign 9 Memoranda of Understanding, including upgraded agreements in health and education. Memoranda covering cooperation in agriculture and fisheries, climate resilience, infrastructural development, culture and creative cooperation, tourism, and sports will also be inked.
It is the first official visit to Havana by a Grenadian leader in a decade. Prime Minister Mitchell, who has been there before for other engagements, will officially meet with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel as well as Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz.
The Grenada delegation will also meet with its students studying in Cuba.
The visit comes on the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between St George’s and Havana. Except for a brief period after the US intervention in 1983, the 2 Caribbean countries have enjoyed excellent relations. Grenada’s international airport was built mainly with Cuban assistance, and hundreds of professionals now serving in the country have benefitted from Cuban scholarships.
The Grenada delegation, which flies to Havana on Thursday, 11 April returns home on Sunday, 14 April 2024. Included are Foreign Affairs Minister Hon. Joseph Andall, Minister for Health Hon. Phillip Telesford, Economic Affairs Minister Hon. Lennox Andrews, and Education Minister Hon. David Andrew.
Hon. Andy Williams, Minister for Mobilisation, Implementation and Transformation, has been appointed to serve as Prime Minister in the absence of Hon. Dickon Mitchell.
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The president together with his entire cabinet should recruit Cubans here in Granada who are professionals in both health and sports who are unemployed, you should do a good job with them here too. They are Cubans. Since I am reading that He will soon visit the island to provide them with service. Think about the ones you have here