PriceSmart, Cuba dispute resolved

PriceSmart, Cuba dispute resolved

Tuesday, June 17, 2014



CUBAN diplomats are now free to shop at the PriceSmart wholesale club.



Jamaica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, in a statement

yesterday, said it was advised that the issue of the PriceSmart

membership by the Cuban Embassy has been resolved.



Said the statement: "The ministry understands that PriceSmart has

formally advised the Cuban Embassy that it has been authorised to sell

consumer merchandise to Cuban diplomats and consular officers, as well

as their dependents who are staying at Cuban Embassies and Consular

Missions outside Cuba."



The Cubans, the statement said, have welcomed the decision and thanked

the foreign ministry and the Government and people of Jamaica "for the

solidarity displayed and efforts made".



"I welcome this new development and look forward to sharing the news

with my Caricom (Caribbean Community) colleagues who had agreed with

Jamaica that the matter might be examined by the Caricom Legal Affairs

Committee," the statement quoted Foreign Minister A J Nicholson.



Source: PriceSmart, Cuba dispute resolved - News - JamaicaObserver.com -

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