As president pro tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the Government of Mexico has engaged in multiple initiatives of international development cooperation to benefit the member countries of the Latin American and Caribbean region.
Currently, Mexico is sending international cooperation and humanitarian assistance to Cuba to help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the Basic Agreement on Development Cooperation between Mexico and Cuba.
This is in line with the Mexican government's policy of international solidarity to support the Cuban people given their current social, economic and health situation and the needs of the Cuban hospital system.
The Mexican Navy ship, the José María Morelos II, set sail on Monday, July 26 at 8:00 p.m. for Cuba with 100,000 barrels of diesel fuel for the island's hospitals.
Today, the ARM Libertador Bal-02 sailed from the port of Veracruz at about 10:00 a.m., and tomorrow the amphibious warship ARM Papaloapan A-411 will depart, both carrying medical supplies such as syringes, 9,500-liter T Size oxygen cylinders and facemasks for the public health emergency, in addition to food supplies such as powdered milk, beans, flour, cans of tuna and cooking oil.
