Castro invited to visit Beijing

Wed, 11 Oct 1995 | Source: AFP

BEIJING (AFP): China's President Jiang Zemin has invited Cuban leader Fidel Castro to make an official visit to China, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday.

The invitation was handed over Monday by Prime Minister Li Peng during a two-hour stopover in Havana where he had talks with Castro. The agency did not give any details of the talks.

Li was flying to Peru after visiting Mexico.

Jiang, the communist party secretary-general, visited Cuba in late 1993 on a visit which strengthened ties between the two communist nations. Cuban Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina, visited Beijing in February.

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