As part of the Trade Component of the Haiti-Dominican Republic Binational Program, financed by the European Union under the 10th European Development Fund (10th EDF) and implemented by the Caribbean Export Development Agengy, a bilateral mission took part in the 10th International Craft Fair, held recently in Havana (Cuba).

The purpose of the mission was to observe the organization and conduct of this fair, which is one of the biggest Cuban cultural events and to participate actively with for representatives on the side of Haiti, the two well-known Haitian stylists: Maguy Durce and Michel Chataigne.

At the end of this mission, a letter of intent signed by all the representatives of the binational delegation was handed over to Arturo Valdés Curbeira, the Director General of the Cuban Cultural Property Fund. This letter reflects the desire of Haiti and the Dominican Republic to establish tripartite trade conditions with Cuba, which has enormous potential to be explored at the level of handicrafts and cultural property, Curbeira promised to follow up with his Minister.

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