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The French government describes Cuba as a key element in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region in which Paris wants to increase its presence.
The island is a decisive element in the relationships between France and Latin America and the Caribbean, a great region of the world, Jean-Pierre Bel, personal envoy of the President of the Republic for that zone, told Prensa Latina.
Referring punctually to the relationships between Cuba and his country, Bel stressed that «we are in a different period of our history and of the bilateral ties.»
In this sense, he mentioned the forthcoming visit to this nation of Cuban President, Raul Castro, and that carried out by President, François Hollande, in May 2015 to Havana.
The European countries and above all France, could work in a very different way, without limitations after the successful negotiations with the Paris Club on the Cuban debt. The French companies could work in the Caribbean nation with financing, major projects, he stressed in the context of a meeting on cooperation.
In his opinion, the French country long looked to Latin America and the Caribbean from afar, except the tour of several weeks conducted by General, Charles de Gaulle, in 1964.
In recent decades, the country has maintained a little distanced view, because it had other centers of interest such as Africa, as former colonial power, and of course, the context of European construction, a major issue on foreign policy, the official insisted during an interview in 2015 to this agency.
Therefore, Bel advocated for working so this approach between both sides can continue more easy and naturally. (Taken from PL)
