Published on Friday, June 12, 2009
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- A "very tight domestic agenda" is
keeping Cuban President Raul Castro from attending Friday's 6th
PetroCaribe Summit.
Cuban Vice President of the Council of State, Esteban Lazo Hernandez
officially informed St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas
during a courtesy call on Thursday morning that urgent domestic matters
will keep President Castro from attending the Summit.
"The President conveys his personal best wishes and regrets that he is
unable to come. He has a very tight domestic agenda which prevented him
from coming. I know that he cannot be replaced, but he has sent me in my
capacity as the Vice President of the Council of State," said Hernandez,
who was accompanied on the courtesy call by the Vice President of the
Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrias Ruiz; Cuba's Ambassador to St
Kitts and Nevis, Ana Maria Gonzalez and Director of the Latin American
and Caribbean Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rogelio
Sierra Diaz.
Hernandez said he arrived in St Kitts on Wednesday. "Last night we went
out on the town and took in a tour of the city. We are very glad to be
here. We are very glad that at last the PetroCaribe Summit is being held
here," said the Cuban Vice President.
Douglas and the Cuban official discussed domestic, regional and
international issues.
Caribbean Net News: 'Very tight domestic agenda' keeps Cuban leader from
PetroCaribe Summit (12 June 2009)
http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/article.php?news_id=17037
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