Havana, Cuba__ Philippe Couillard, Prime Minister of Québec, Canada, will begin this Monday an official visit of three days to the Island to strengthen the bilateral relationships in spheres like the renewable energy, the tourist and the agricultural industry, CubaSí

According to the Cuban Foreign Minister, during his stay in the Island, Couillard will keep talks with Ricardo Cabrisas, Cuban government's vice-president and minister of Economy and Planning, among other activities.

In April of this year the Government of Québec announced its intention of opening a representation in Havana and one month later the Foreign Ministers from Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, and of Canada, Stéphane Dion, met in Ottawa in the first bilateral encounter at that level since the arrival of the Canadian prime minister's, Justin Trudeau to the power.

Since 2015, a series of visits of Quebec’s highest authorities have strengthened the links between both countries.

The Foreign Affair Minister and of the Francofonía of Québec, Christine St-Pierre, pointed out the great potential of development of the bilateral relationships, particularly in the sectors of the investigation and innovation, the tourism, the bio industry of food, biotechnologies, the technologies of the information and the renewable energies.

In February 2016 they added the Republic from Cuba to the covered territories by the General Delegation of Québec in Mexico for ministerial ordinance, which demonstrates the interest of that Canadian county of developing their bonds with the nation.

An example of the intentions is the agreement of collaboration between the Fund of investigation of that county and Havana’s Neurosciences Center. Canada ratifies this year as the main market of tourists to Cuba that in 2015 reached more than a million visitors.

Philippe Couillard is the Prime minister from Quebec since 2014, leader of the Liberal Party of that city, university professor and neurosurgeon.

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