Russian President arrives in Havana for visit
28/11/2008 16:46
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived yesterday noon in Havana, where
he was welcomed by Cuban vice President Ricardo Cabrisas.
Medvedev is
scheduled to have official meetings with Cuban Leader Raul Castro, and visit
places of social and cultural interests in Havana.
Medvedev visited Cuba at
the invitation of Castro, and it is the last stop of his tour to Latin America,
which included short visits to Peru, Brazil and Venezuela.
Cuban Foreign
Minister Felipe Perez Roque, foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration
Minister Rodrigo Malmierca and Russian ambassador to Cuba Mikhail Kamynin also
went to the Cuban international airport Jose Marti to welcome
Medvedev.
Medvedev's visit to Cuba is the fourth visit to Cuba by a Russian
President, after the trips of Leonid Brezhnev in 1974, Mikhail Gorbachov in 1989
and Vladimir Putin in 2000.
The two sides are expected to cooperate on new
projects of bilateral cooperation on transport, energy, communications,
education, medical pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology and
tourism.
Xinhua
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