Préval receives
Esteban Lazo
PORT-AU-PRINCE.—René Préval, the president of
Haiti, yesterday received the Cuban delegation
headed by Esteban Lazo, vice president of the
Council of State, whose members participated on
Sunday in the investiture of the new leader of that
country.
Lazo was accompanied by Marta Lomas, minister for
foreign investment and economic cooperation; Yilliam
Jiménez Expósito, deputy minister of foreign affairs;
and Raúl Bárzaga, the Cuban ambassador.
In a fraternal atmosphere, the two sides
discussed ways of extending bilateral cooperation in
all possible fields, given the positive results of
the labors of Cuban collaborators working to the
benefit of the Haitian people.
The likewise member of the Political Bureau met
in the capital with 115 compatriots lending their
services in that country in diverse spheres
including health, who affirmed their disposition to
stay there as long as necessary.
On Sunday, the day of the investiture, Préval
invited Lazo to be part of the ceremony in which
Haiti entered Petrocaribe, a Venezuelan initiative
for supplying hydrocarbons to nations in the region
under advantageous conditions, and which the Haitian
president signed along with José Vicente Rangel,
vice president of the Bolivarian nation.
