Cuba and Chile assess relations
Havana, Nov 21/2005 (Prensa Latina) Deputy Foreign Affairs Ministers of Cuba and Chile looked into bilateral relations and exchange outlooks regarding regional and international issues.
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Rafael Dausa received at the local Foreign Affairs Ministry his Chilean counterpart Christian Barros, who is leading a delegation from his country for the second meeting of bilateral consultations.
Dausa welcomed the visitors and expressed his interest in tackling pending topics in bilateral links as well as the regional situation.
Havana also sought for exchange on international matters as the host for next Non-Aligned Countries summit, scheduled for 2006 when Cuba will chair this movement.
The first Chile-Cuba consultation took place in 2002 and today´s had been postponed since last year.
Barros will also meet with Jose Arbezu, Chief of the Foreign Department of the Cuban Communist Party's Central Committee, before leaving the country Tuesday.