Malaysia’s Cuban connection

ALMOST half a century ago, the Republic of Cuba and Malaysia established diplomatic relations. For 45 years, mutual respect has characterised these links that are called to transcend time.

Although both countries began to officially relate in the 1970s, since 1963 commercial contacts began to be put in place between Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok and the young government of the island for the purchase of sugar, Cuba’s main export at that time.