[NYTr] Cuba's Foreign Minister Meets with Indian Parliamentarians

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Cuba's Foreign Minister Meets with Indian Parliamentarians

Havana, Jan 8 (acn) Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque met on 
Tuesday with a delegation from the Lower Chamber of India's parliament 
headed by Somnath Chatterjee, president of this legislative body.

Chatterjee praised the island's achievements in terms of healthcare, an 
area he said is an essential aspect in a developing country.

The Indian leader also made reference to the achievements in terms of 
sports and said he looks forward to visiting the Cerro Pelado school 
for the training of high performance athletes in Havana.

The visiting delegation was received on Monday by the President of the 
Cuban Parliament Ricardo Alarcon and by Cuban Vice President Carlos 
Lage Davila.

The agenda of the Indian parliamentarians includes meetings with 
Fernando Remirez de Estenoz, head of the Foreign Relations Department 
at the Central Committee of Cuba's Communist Party.

They will also visit places of social, scientific and historic interest 
such as the Center for Immuno-Trials, the Latin American School of 
Medicine, and the historical center of Old Havana.

Chatterjee noted that his country, the second most populated in the 
world with some 1.2 billion inhabitants, has a Parliament with 545 
members in its Lower Chamber and 250 in the Higher Chamber.