Cuban VP Cabrisas Receives Parliamentary Deputy Minister of Japan

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 20 (acn) The Vice-president of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Planning and the Economy, Ricardo Cabrisas, received Hitoshi Kikawada, Parliamentary Deputy Minister for Foreign Minister of Japan, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

During the meeting held on Wednesday afternoon, which took place in a cordial atmosphere, Cabrisas and the Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan corroborated the increasing development of bilateral relations, and ratified their willingness to further promote exchanges in areas of common interest.
Accompanying the distinguished visitor were Masaru Watanabe, Japanese Ambassador to Cuba; Ken Hashiba, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and other officials of the Japanese Embassy to Havana.
Cuba was also represented at the meeting by Marcos Rodriguez, Cuba's Ambassador to Japan, and by other Foreign Ministry officials.