Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- Ricardo Cabrisas, Vice President of the Cuban Council of Ministers, received Luis De Guindos Jurado, Minister of Economy of Spain, who is in Cuba on an official visit.

The two leaders exchanged opinions on several topics, with a focus on trade and economic development, and assessed the potential of collaboration between Cuba and Spain. Following the meeting on Monday, they also signed an agreement on the refinancing of the short-term Cuban debt with Spain, which will boost trade between the two countries.

The Spanish official was accompanied by Spain's Secretary of State for Commerce Jaime García-Legaz Ponce and Madrid's Ambassador to Havana, Juan Francisco Montalbán Carrasco.

Present at the meeting, representing Cuba: René Lazo Fernández, President of the Banco Nacional de Cuba, Isaac Hernández Pérez, Director of the Banco Central de Cuba, and Elio Rodriguez, Director of Europe and Canada Department of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs.