Cuban Vice-President receives North Korean leader

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 12 (acn) Cuban Vice-President Salvador Valdes Mesa received this Friday morning his North Korean counterpart Choe Ryong Hae, who is in Cuba on a working visit.

The two leaders spoke about the fraternal friendship and cooperation bonds between their governments, parties and peoples, in the year that the Cuban Communist Party and the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) held their respective seventh congresses.
Choe Ryong Hae gave the Cuban official a present sent by Kim Yong Un to Fidel Castro for his 90th birthday.
On the Korean side were present Ambassador to Cuba Pak Chang and other officials. Cuban deputy Foreign Minister was also present