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U.S. Congressional delegation concludes visit to
Cuba
A delegation from the United
States House of Representatives, led by Republican
Congressman Jeff Flake and included Democrats
William Delahunt, Jane Harman, Jim McGovern, Hilda
Solís, Gregory Meeks and Lincoln Davis, as well as
Republicans Jo Ann Emerson, Jerry Moran and Michael
Conaway visited our country from December 15 to 17.
Congressional aides and other prominent individuals
from the United States were also part of the
delegation.
The group had an intense schedule
of activities that included discussions with Ricardo
Alarcón, president of the National Assembly of
People’s Power; Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque;
Fernando Remírez de Estenoz, member of the
Secretariat of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party; Francisco Soberón, president of the
Central Bank of Cuba; Yadira García, minister of
basic industry, and Pedro Alvarez, president of the
ALIMPORT company.
They also toured the city’s
historic district and visited the former residence –
now a museum – of celebrated U.S. writer Ernest
Hemingway in San Francisco de Paula.
The delegation held a broad
exchange on the state of relations between the two
countries and was informed about the Cuban economy
and its perspectives; energy development and the oil
industry; environmental protection regulations, and
food purchases from U.S. companies, among other
issues. The discussions were cordial and respectful.
The delegation left for the
United States at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 17.
(Translated by Granma
International) |
