Business Recorder.
November 1, 2000.
ISLAMABAD (November 1) : Pakistan and Cuba enjoy good bilateral relations
with large scope of co-operation in different fields, Deputy Foreign Minister of
Cuba Jose Armando Guerra Menchero said here on Tuesday.
Both the countries have interaction at the multilateral forums and (they)
respect each other," he said while delivering a talk at the Institute of
Strategic Studies here.
The two countries, he said do not involve in the internal affairs of each
other and "I am happy the way the bilateral relations are moving".
Menchero, who served as Cuban Ambassador to Pakistan from 1992-96, said both
the countries are "under developing" and have large scope of
co-operation like in the field of Bio-Technology which "Cuba has best in
the world".
In an hour long talk on "Present day Cuba: Internal situation and its
stand on international affairs," the Cuban minister touched upon the
developments his country made during the last decade.
On the international affairs, he mainly talked about US-Cuba relations and
the role the Cuban army played in the "decolonisation" of African
countries.
Cuba today has 100 percent literacy rate and education is compulsory up to
9-grade, he said adding it is totally free to the university level. Presently
there are 22 universities in Cuba.
He described the decade of 1990s as the most difficult time of the
Revolutionary period when Cuba had to face "blockade" imposed by the
United States.-APP
Foreign Minister receives Cuban counterpart's letter
ISLAMABAD (November 1) : Jose A. Guerra Menchero, Vice Minister for Foreign
Affairs of Cuba, called on Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar here on Tuesday and
handed over a letter addressed to him by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez
Roque.
During the meeting, bilateral matters and issues of international interest
especially in the context of G-77 and NAM were discussed.
The Cuban vice minister held substantive talks with his counterpart Ali
Sarwar Naqvi, Additional Secretary (Americas) as well as other senior officials
at the Foreign Office, it was officially stated here.
Later, Menchero attended a lunch hosted in his honour by the Foreign Office.
During the visit, Menchero is also holding meetings with senior officials of
the ministries of Science and Technology and Commerce.-APP
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