Cuban National Assembly (Congress) President Ricardo Alarcon is starting an official visit on Monday to Panama, where he will meet with President Martin Torrijos.Cuba-Panama Parliaments Networking

Also on his list of visitees is Foreign Minister and First Vice President Samuel Lewis Navarro and the Panama-Cuba Parliamentary Group, and a trip to the Latin American Parliament sub-regional office and the headquarters of this country”s National Assembly.

This weekend, the Cuban legislator attended a Latin American and Caribbean Congress for the Independence of Puerto Rico, held in this capital.

Last week, Alarcon welcomed his Panamanian counterpart Elias Castillo in Havana, in the framework of the 10th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting of the two nations.

In the gathering, the Cuban congressman highlighted ties of friendship and cooperation existing between both peoples, and termed a great victory the recovery of the Panama Canal Zone.

Castillo demanded justice for five Cubans unfairly imprisoned in US and the end of that country”s blockade of the island, as well as expressed thanks for the Havana support to this country”s recent election as a UN Security Country”s non-permanent member.

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