Laos Prime Minister considers ties with Cuba strategic (Granma, May 5, 2009)

Havana, Tuesday May 5, 2009. Year 13 / Number 125
Updated 3:45 p.m. local time

Laos Prime Minister considers ties with Cuba strategic

JUAN DIEGO NUSA PEÑALVER

Google translation. Edited by Walter Lippmann.

Bouasone Bouphavanh, Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos), during a friendly visit to Havana today described friendly relations with Cuba as strategic and traditional.

We have some very important links in the common road to build a better future, said a member of the Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), during the meeting, at the Casa de la Amistad.

After praising the social achievements of the Cuban Revolution defined by the historic visit to the socialist nation of Southeast Asia in 2005 by Raúl Castro Ruz, current President of Cuba.

The head of the Laotian government praised the aid offered by the Antillean country to that Indochinese state of nearly six million people in the areas of health, sport and education.

He also announced the forthcoming official visit to Cuba Choummaluy Sayasone, president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and general secretary of LPRP for next September.

Dr. Julio Lopez, vice president of the Cuba-Lao Friendship Association and first head of the medical brigade, who served in that Asian nation, meant that the two countries are closely linked by friendship and mutual assistance, whose primary goal is the construction of socialism.

He appreciated the principled position of Laos in condemning the economic, commercial and financial U.S. Government against the Cuban nation.

Faure Chomón, a member of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Parliamentary Group on Cuba-Laos Friendship, was present, as were Kenia Serrano, president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, and Deputy Foreign Minister Marcos Rodríguez, among others.

Also participating founders of the Cuban Committee for Solidarity with Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, representatives of Cuba Friendship Association-Lao, former ambassadors and Cuban internationalists in that country. (AIN)

		Havana, Tuesday May 5, 2009. Year 13 / Number 125 Updated 3:45 p.m. local time Laos Prime Minister considers ties with Cuba strategic JUAN DIEGO NUSA PEÑALVER Google translation. Edited by Walter Lippmann. Bouasone Bouphavanh, Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos), during a friendly visit to Havana today described friendly relations with Cuba as strategic and traditional. We have some very important links in the common road to build a better future, said a member of the Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), during the meeting, at the Casa de la Amistad. After praising the social achievements of the Cuban Revolution defined by the historic visit to the socialist nation of Southeast Asia in 2005 by Raúl Castro Ruz, current President of Cuba. The head of the Laotian government praised the aid offered by the Antillean country to that Indochinese state of nearly six million people in the areas of health, sport and education. He also announced the forthcoming official visit to Cuba Choummaluy Sayasone, president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and general secretary of LPRP for next September. Dr. Julio Lopez, vice president of the Cuba-Lao Friendship Association and first head of the medical brigade, who served in that Asian nation, meant that the two countries are closely linked by friendship and mutual assistance, whose primary goal is the construction of socialism. He appreciated the principled position of Laos in condemning the economic, commercial and financial U.S. Government against the Cuban nation. Faure Chomón, a member of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Parliamentary Group on Cuba-Laos Friendship, was present, as were Kenia Serrano, president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, and Deputy Foreign Minister Marcos Rodríguez, among others. Also participating founders of the Cuban Committee for Solidarity with Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, representatives of Cuba Friendship Association-Lao, former ambassadors and Cuban internationalists in that country. (AIN) http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2009/05/05/nacional/artic16.html
		La Habana, martes 5 de mayo de 2009. Año 13 / Número 125 Actualizado 3:45 p.m. hora local Primer Ministro de Laos considera estratégico nexos con Cuba JUAN DIEGO NUSA PEÑALVER Bouasone Bouphavanh, Primer Ministro de la República Democrática Popular Lao (RPDL), durante un encuentro amistoso en la capital cubana, calificó hoy de estratégicas y tradicionales las relaciones de amistad con Cuba. Tenemos unos vínculos muy importantes en el camino común por construir un futuro mejor, dijo el también miembro del Buró Político del Partido Popular Revolucionario Lao (PPRL), durante la cita, efectuada en la Casa de la Amistad. Tras elogiar los logros sociales de la Revolución Cubana definió de histórica la visita realizada a esa nación socialista del sudeste asiático en el 2005 por el actual presidente de la Isla Raúl Castro Ruz. El Jefe de Gobierno laosiano elogió la ayuda que brinda el país antillano a ese Estado indochino de casi seis millones de habitantes en las esferas de la salud, el deporte y la educación. Además, anunció la próxima visita oficial a Cuba de Choummaluy Sayasone, presidente de la República Democrática Popular Lao y secretario general del PPRL, para septiembre venidero. El doctor Julio López, vicepresidente de la Asociación de Amistad Cuba-Lao y primer jefe de la brigada médica, que prestó servicios en esa nación asiática, significó que los dos países están estrechamente unidos por una amistad y la ayuda mutua, cuya meta fundamental es la construcción del socialismo. Agradeció la posición de principios de Laos en la condena al bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero del Gobierno de EE.UU. contra la nación cubana. Se encontraban presentes Faure Chomón, miembro del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente del Grupo Parlamentario de Amistad Cuba-Laos, Kenia Serrano, presidenta del Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos, y el vicecanciller Marcos Rodríguez, entre otros. También participaron fundadores del Comité Cubano de Solidaridad con Vietnam, Laos y Cambodia, representantes de la Asociación de Amistad Cuba-Lao, ex embajadores e internacionalistas cubanos en ese país. (AIN)