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Malaysian prime minister
wraps up visit to Cuba
Channel
New Asia, 26 November
2004.
HAVANA : Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi on Friday wrapped up a two-day
official visit to Cuba, during which he
exchanged views with President Fidel Castro
and other Cuban leaders.
Badawi was seen off at Havana's Jose Marti
international airport by General Raul Castro,
the president's brother, who had also welcomed
the Malaysian premier when he arrived on
Wednesday.
During his visit, Badawi met with President
Castro, who bestowed on him with the Jose
Marti medal of honour, Cuba's highest award.
Both goverments stressed strong agreement
on global and multilateral issues.
Badawi already had visited the Caribbean
island as foreign minister in 1998, but
this was his first trip as head of the Malaysian
government and president of the Non-Aligned
Movement.
He was accompanied by Plantation, Industries
and Commodities Minister Peter Chin Fah
Kui, Education Minister Shafie Salleh, Health
Minister Chua Soi Lek and deputy minister
for foreign affairs Joseph Salang Gandum.
Castro, who heads the only communist government
in the western hemisphere, last traveled
to Malaysia in 2003 to attend a Non-Aligned
Movement summit, and before that in May
2001. - AFP
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