[NYTr] Cuban Ambassador in Moscow Receives Pushkin Medal
 
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:49:55 -0600 (CST)


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Cuban Ambassador in Moscow Receives Pushkin Medal

Havana, Dec 19 (acn) The Cuban ambassador to Russia, Jorge Marti, 
praised the role of Moscow in the solution of problems in the 
contemporary world during the presentation on Tuesday of the Latin 
American personalities who were granted the Pushkin Medal in the 
Russian capital.

According to Prensa Latina, after receiving the medal from the hands of 
Dzhoja Poliyeva, advisor at the Kremlin and vice president of the 
Organizing Committee of the Activities for the Year of Russian 
Language, Marti was invited to speak on behalf of the decorated from 
Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Cuban diplomat said that the language of Pushkin, Tolstoi, Chejov 
and Turgueniev have allowed us all to take a close look at the spirit 
of a friendly and heroic people.

In reference to the role that Russia plays today in front of the 
dangers that threaten humanity, Marti noted that Moscow is an element 
of balance and expressed his best wishes so that the Russian Federation 
continues to prosper, to gain strength and to continue playing an 
important role in the solution of international issues.

The Pushkin Medal is being granted on a presidential decree on the 
occasion of the Year of Russian Language. It reflects the recognition 
of the Russian nation to foreigners who have promoted cultural 
relations through the use of this language.

Diplomats and personalities from Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, 
Guatemala, Panama and Peru were also granted the medal along with 30 
other personalities from all over the world.

The ceremony was attended by Russian Education  and Science Minister 
Andrei Fursenko and by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko.
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