[NYTr] Cuba's Foreign Minister Meets with Indian Parliamentarians Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:52:31 -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 Cuba's Foreign Minister Meets with Indian Parliamentarians Havana, Jan 8 (acn) Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque met on Tuesday with a delegation from the Lower Chamber of India's parliament headed by Somnath Chatterjee, president of this legislative body. Chatterjee praised the island's achievements in terms of healthcare, an area he said is an essential aspect in a developing country. The Indian leader also made reference to the achievements in terms of sports and said he looks forward to visiting the Cerro Pelado school for the training of high performance athletes in Havana. The visiting delegation was received on Monday by the President of the Cuban Parliament Ricardo Alarcon and by Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage Davila. The agenda of the Indian parliamentarians includes meetings with Fernando Remirez de Estenoz, head of the Foreign Relations Department at the Central Committee of Cuba's Communist Party. They will also visit places of social, scientific and historic interest such as the Center for Immuno-Trials, the Latin American School of Medicine, and the historical center of Old Havana. Chatterjee noted that his country, the second most populated in the world with some 1.2 billion inhabitants, has a Parliament with 545 members in its Lower Chamber and 250 in the Higher Chamber. * ================================================================= 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 =================================================================