By Wallace Ruzvidzo
Cuba and Zimbabwe have set in motion a plan to set up a local state-of-the-art pharmaceutical plant, in a development expected to improve local drug supplies in the long term.
Cuban Ambassador to Zimbabwe Carmelina Rodriguez said: “For 40 years we have developed a historical relationship based on friendship, mutual respect and collaboration. Cuba and Zimbabwe are working to further deepen and broaden the co-operation in the development of the pharmaceutical industry here through the establishment of a plant to produce medical drugs in the country.”
Ambassador Rodriguez said the embargo was the biggest impediment to the country’s development.
“Despite the obsession of the government of the USA, Cuba has moved forward.
“We Cubans have been creative and have firmly resisted the onslaught of the worst economic siege, which has tried to suffocate the nation.”