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• 03 / 08 / 2009

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They were received by Abelardo Alvarez Gil, member of the Secretariat and head of the Department for Officials Policy, Cuban newspaper Granma reported Saturday.

Alvarez Gil thanked, on behalf of the Cuban people, the work of solidarity carried out by the Slovakian Communist Party, in particular for the support given in the battle for the liberation of the Cuban Five, antiterrorist fighters now imprisoned in the United States.

Both leaders exchanged on the international crisis and its economic and social impact, and they coincided in the point that the current joint represents a chance for the resistance and progress of the progressive and revolutionary ideas, like it is happening in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The visitors highlighted how, in spite of the aggressive politics and blockade to face in these 50 years, Cuba has maintained and developed important social achievements that now represent a hope for the peoples of the world.

Slovakia was represented by Communist Party vice-presidents Anna Sotakova and Peter Nishponsky and national direction member Jozef Shishka.

On the Cuban part, Jorge Marti Martinez, head of the Department of International Relationships of the PCC Central Committee, and other officials.

(PL)