Cuba has welcomed a Chinese delegation led by Li Binghua, the executive
vice-president of the Beijing Olympics Committee (BOCOG), who was invited by
Cuba's Olympic chief, Jose Ramon Fernandez, Cuban media said yesterday.
The two-day visit began on Wednesday with a meeting between Li and Fernandez,
who is also deputy president of Cuba's council of ministers, government
newspaper Granma said.
During the meeting both parties agreed to work together in preparing athletes
for the coming Olympics, due to run from Aug. 8 to Aug 24, 2008. Fernandez said
he was sure that China would organize the best Games in history.
After visiting Cuba, Li will fly from Cuba to Buenos Aires, where he will
attend the Pan-American Sports Organization's General Meeting, which runs from
Thursday to next Tuesday.
