Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado decorated Cuban ambassador in the Dominican Republic Carlos Jesús de la Nuez López for his fruitful four-year term in the country. De la Nuez was decorated with the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella, great silver cross. Among the achievements he is recognized for are the signing of agreements on trade and higher education.
Vargas Maldonado highlighted the advances made under De la Nuez for the signing of a Partial Scope Agreement that will benefit bilateral trade that is already at around US$80 million a year.
Vargas observed that Dominicans and Cubans share optimism and constant smiling. “Let us call it the contentment spirit that runs through our veins, without distinction of color,” he said. He highlighted the two peoples are always brothers, always solidary in the past, present and he was sure in the future.
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El Nacional
31 October 2018
