Cuban VP Meets President of Hungarian Communist Party

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 3. Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo met on Monday in Havana with Gyula Thurmer, President of the Hungarian Communist Workers’ Party, who is visiting the Caribbean country at the invitation of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC).

According to Granma news daily, during the meeting, both leaders spoke about topics such as the current international situation caused by the deep economic crisis.

In this regard, Lazo gave the visitor details about the efforts made by the Cuban Government and the PCC to maintain the social and economic development of the country in spite of the devastation and huge economic losses caused by three hurricanes in the last months of 2008.

The Cuban official also thanked Thurmer for the Hungarian Communist Workers’ Party’s rejection of the US economic blockade of Cuba and for their solidarity with the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States.

For his part, Thurmer congratulated the Cuban people on behalf of his Party for the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.

Also present in the meeting was Fernando Remirez de Estenoz, head of the Foreign Relations Department at the PCC’s Central Committee.


(Reciben a Presidente del Partido Comunista Obrero Húngaro)