Seminar to mark 50th anniversary of Cuban Revolution

Chaminda Perera

The Cuban Revolution 50th Anniversary Celebration Committee will organise a seminar to mark the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution on January 09 at 4 pm at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.

Political analyst Mohan Samaranayake will deliver the keynote address. Cuban Ambassador in Sri Lanka Nirsia Castro Guevara will be the Guest of Honour.

Ministers Dinesh Gunawardena, Tissa Vitharana and Presidential Advisor Vasudeva Nanayakkara are expected to address the gathering followed by a musical show. Then Sri Lankan Government led by former Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike recognised revolutionary Cuba just hours after the declaration of revolutionary triumph on January 01, 1959.

The Cuban Government in receiprocation sent a strong delegation led by Che Guevara to Sri Lanka to look into possibility of strengthening ties between the two countries.

Since then relations between the two countries have developed in all vital fields.

Cuba has achieved massive development despite the economic blockade imposed by the United States.