Raul Receives Top South African Communist Party Leader

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 21 (acn) Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, received the Secretary General of the South African Communist Party, Blade Nzimande, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

During the cordial meeting, held on Monday afternoon, they exchanged views on the excellent state of the historic relations of fraternity and cooperation between both parties and governments, as well as on other issues on the international agenda.
The distinguished visitor was accompanied by Solly Solomon Mapailla, Politburo member and second secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa.
Cuba was also represented at the meeting by Salvador Valdes, Politburo member and vice president of the Council of State; and by Jose Ramon Balaguer, member of the Central Committee's Secretariat and head of its Department of International Relations.