President Rajapaksa meets Cuban Vice President :

Action plan on multi-sectoral cooperation

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on a three day official visit to Cuba, met Cuban Vice President Marino Murillo at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana on Monday.

During the meeting, the manner in which the action plan on expanding cooperation between the two countries in the fields of health, sports, educational scholarships and economic development agreed upon by President Rajapaksa and Cuban President Raul Castro could be implemented was discussed in detail, a press release issued by the President’s Media Division said yesterday.

Discussions also centred on expanding cooperation in providing trainers for the development of volleyball, football and boxing.

Marino Murillo who is also in charge of economic development and infrastructure facilities in Cuba, explained the vast strides made by Cuba in the development sector. The manner in which Sri Lanka could adopt the successful strategies implemented by Cuba in the development fields and profit from Cuba’s examples was also discussed at the meeting. Cuba also agreed to assist Sri Lanka in the development of its coconut industry. External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris and Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga were also present at the discussions.