Castro meets US lawmakers in Cuba
CUBA: President Raul Castro on Tuesday welcomed a delegation of US
lawmakers, the first to come to Cuba since US President Barack Obama's
re-election, the media reported. "Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez
Parrilla took part in the meeting, and issues of interest to both
countries were addressed," a statement read out on the government news
broadcast said.
The US legislators were in Havana to meet with Cuban officials and
hope to visit an American contractor jailed for distributing laptops and
satellite phones, diplomatic sources said earlier. The US lawmakers also
met with Rodriguez Parrilla and Ricardo Alarcon, a former Cuban
Ambassador to the United Nations and Assembly Speaker, the Cuban report
said.
Sources at the US Interests Section said the delegation arrived
Monday and is led by Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont.
AFP
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