>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:14:47 -0400 >From: "Henry C.K. Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Status: > >PRC Vice-President Meets Cuban Communist Party Official > > Hu Jintao, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of >the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), >told a senior official of the Cuban Communist Party that >China will always back the just cause of Cuba. > >Hu, who is also vice-president of China, told Juan Carlos >Robinson, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central >Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, and his delegation >that the CPC, the Government and the people of China will >continue to support the just cause of the Communist Party, >the government and the people of Cuba. > >Leaders of the two countries and parties have kept in close contact over >the years. As a result, they have increased mutual understanding and >friendship and brought bilateral relations to a higher level, Hu said. > >Hu thanked the Cuban side for its firm support of China on the issues of >Taiwan, human rights and Tibet. He also spoke highly of the achievements >the Communist Party and people of Cuba have scored under the leadership >of Fidel Castro in building socialism and safeguarding national >integrity and independence. > >Robinson said Cuba has forged a sincere friendship and close relations >of cooperation with China over the past 40 years. He said he is >confident that under the joint efforts of both sides, the relations >between the two parties and two countries will continue to grow >stronger. > >The Cuban delegation arrived in China on Sunday at the invitation of the >CPC. > > >People's Daily August 24, 2000 _______________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________
