Namibia and Cuba have agreed to establish an Inter-Governmental Commission for Bilateral Cooperation.

Namibia’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Peya Mushelenga, and Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Oscar Perez-Oliva, signed the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the two governments.

The signing of the Inter-Governmental Commission for Bilateral Cooperation agreement was witnessed by Presidents Nangolo Mbumba and Miguel Díaz-Canel in Cuba’s capital, Havana, on Tuesday.

The decision to establish the Inter-Governmental Commission for Bilateral Cooperation was taken during the state visit by President Díaz-Canel to Namibia in 2023.

This is an elevation from the Joint Working Group set up in 2015 to develop and increase trade relations between Namibia and Cuba.

Through the Inter-Governmental Commission, the two countries would facilitate cooperation and consultation in all the areas of common interest.

These are political, diplomatic, social, and security, as well as the provision of professional and technical services, among others.

The Commission will be chaired by the foreign affairs ministers of Namibia and Cuba and will be able to establish committees in charge of specific subjects.

Officials from the two countries are expected to meet every two years.