Friday in La Havana, Cuba, the interim President of Haiti, Jocelerme Privert, has expressed interest in strengthening cooperation with Cuba, during a meeting with the Cuban Esteban Lazo, head of the National Assembly of Popular Power (ANPP).

The President of the Cuban Parliament received the Haitian leader and his accompanying delegation to participate in the seventh summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), which opened Thursday and will end Saturday with the meeting of Heads of State and Government recall that the theme for this summit is: "United in the Caribbean to address the problems of sustainable development, of changes and peace in the region."

During the meeting the interlocutors discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation in areas such as health, education and agriculture, and the President Privert expressed his desire to increase it.

"We have worked and will continue to assist the Haitian people," said the head of the ANPP, who said that Cuba will continue with its ties with this friendly people, Haiti.

At the same time, they discussed the importance of the ACS Summit held in Havana, in which issues related to the strategic priorities of the organization are addressed: sustainable tourism, transport, trade and dealing with

natural disasters.

S/ HaitiLibre