[NYTr] President of India's Parliament Visiting Cuba Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:30:34 -0600 (CST) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles President of India's Parliament in Cuba Havana, Jan 7 (acn) Somnath Chatterjee, president of India's Lower Chamber is in Havana accompanied by several members of parliament for an official visit to the country until January 10. In statements to Prensa Latina, the Indian leader said the main objective of his coming to Cuba is to broaden and strengthen parliamentarian relations, as reported by Granma newspaper Monday. Chatterjee said by traveling to Havana, the Indian delegation was repaying the visit last year, 2007, of a group of Cuban parliamentarians to his country headed by Jaime Crombet, who is the vice president of the People's Power National Assembly (parliament). During their stay in the island, the Indian legislators will meet with Cuban Vice President, Carlos Lage; Parliament President, Ricardo Alarcon, and other government officials. The group will also visit historic sites and places of social and economic interest like Havana's Latin American Medical School. * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================