Havana, Cuba - The Mexican Foreign Ministry announced that the local Richmeat de Mexico company became the first entity to be approved by the Cuban government to invest at the Mariel Special Development Zone.

The project includes an investment in the processing and packaging of meat products.

Representatives of the Mexican company were accompanied by officials with the Mexican embassy in Cuba and the Pro-Mexico Trade Advisory Office in Cuba.

This achievement is the result of the re-launching of relations between Mexico and Cuba, which aims at increasing the activity of Mexican companies in Cuba, reads the announcement at the webpage of the Mexican Foreign Ministry.