HAVANA, June 25 (Xinhua) -- He Guoqiang, member of the Standing Committee
of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China, ended Wednesday his friendly four-day visit to Cuba where he met with
Cuba's high-level leaders.
He and the Chinese high-level delegation that accompanied him were seen off
by the secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party Fernando
Ramirez, in Varadero's airport, 140km east from Havana.
Before leaving to Trinidad and Tobago He, who is also secretary of the
CPC's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said that his stay in Cuba
was a success.
During his stay in Cuba, He met with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro who
has a severe intestinal sickness since 23 months ago and with Cuban Leader Raul
Castro.
He also met with the Cuban First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado and
witnessed the sign of an agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation between
Cuba and China.
The agenda included a homage to the Cuban leader Jose Marti and a visit to
an agriculture and livestock production cooperative in the municipality of Guira
de Melena.
He had arrived in Havana on Sunday and said that the propose of the visit
is "to deep even more in the mutual knowledge, to strength the Chinese-Cuban
friendship, to increase the political trust and to promote a beneficial
cooperation."
He and his retinue will also visit Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil and
Angola.