Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the CC of the Cuban Communist Party, received the Secretary General of the South African Communist Party, Blade Nzimande

ICP, 25th December 2015

The Secretary General of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Blade Nzimande, met Raul Castro on his official visit to Cuba on Monday 21st December. It is reported that during the cordial meeting, the leaders exchanged views on the excellent state of the historic relations of fraternity and cooperation between both parties and governments, as well as on other issues on the international agenda.

At the meeting, Blade Nzimande was accompanied by Solly Solomon Mapailla, Politburo member and Second Secretary of the SACP, and Cuba was also represented by Salvador Valdes, Politburo member and Vice President of the Council of State; and by Jose Ramon Balaguer, member of the Central Committee’s Secretariat and Head of its Department of International Relations.