In a joint statement circulated here, they confirmed the decision to continue promoting collaborative actions, such as those that have benefited tens of thousands of people in the southern territory of the largest of the Antilles, in sectors that include water and sanitation, education, health, culture, renewable energy and others.

A CubaCoop delegation visited Cienfuegos last month, headed by its president, Víctor Fernández, who shared with Prensa Latina details of the talks.

Among the agreements, the opening in the future of the Víctor Hugo House in Cienfuegos, managed by the Office of the City Curator, the publication of a book on the links between the parties and efforts stand out in the participation of French entities in the fair.

They also decided to promote new socio-economic development projects, technical exchanges between companies, cultural activities and the celebration on French soil of a sports gala for the province, whose homonymous capital city is known as La Perla del Sur.

Fernández also mentioned support for an initiative to benefit children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), which will have the financial backing of the Air France Foundation, with 40,000 euros, based on efforts by CubaCoop.

The proposal to organize the French Film Festival in Cienfuegos in relation to the Cuban Film Festival of the commune of Vitry-sur-Seine, in the Parisian Region, which has just successfully developed its first edition, seems equally relevant to us, he stressed.

The joint vision of the association and Cienfuegos is to promote a broad cooperation program with an eye on the celebrations in 2026 of 20 years of strategic alliance based on local socio-economic development.

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