Chinese defence minister visits Cuba
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| Published on Friday, May 11, 2007 |
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): China's Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan met with acting president Raul Castro Thursday at the start of an international tour, the government said in a statement.
Cao is the second senior Chinese figure to visit Cuba in less than a month.
On April 21, Wu Guanzheng, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, held talks with convelescing Cuban President Fidel Castro.
After almost five decades at the helm of the only communist country in the Americas, Fidel Castro underwent intestinal surgery last July and temporarily handed over power to his brother Raul, the defense chief, July 31.
China is Cuba's second-most important trade partner after Venezuela, with two-way trade close to two billion dollars in 2006, and is one of Cuba's main sources of credit.
After Cuba, Cao was due to travel to Argentina, Chile and Greece.
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