Science Ministers of Cuba and Sri Lanka Meet in Havana - Prensa Latina: "Havana, Feb 14 (Prensa Latina) The Minister of Science and Technology of Sri Lanka, Prof. Tissa Vitarana, held an interview with his Cuban counterpart, Dr. Fernando Gonzalez, acting minister for Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA). At the meeting, the visitor conveyed his country's wishes to develop biotechnology in cooperation with Cuba that makes a good use of human resources, something his country has not achieved yet. The visiting minister stressed on the importance of developing this field and implementing its achievements which he confirmed in saying that '�unfortunately some politicians rather import technology than develop their own potentials'. Just to mention an example, Sri Lanka barely invested 0.18% the domestic budget in technical advancement in 2001 while India or Singapour allocated 1% or 2% the GDP. Still, we wish to share with Cuba our modest achievements the field of renewable energy. "
