President on official visit to Cuba

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, now on an official visit to Cuba, will have a tight schedule in the island nation, including a reception and official talks.According to the program, President Rajapaksa will also pay tribute to Cuban National Hero Jose Marti at the Revolution Square (Plaza de la Revolution) in Havana.

The President arrived in Cuba on Friday in response to an invitation from President Raul Castro, with whom he will hold official talks.

He will also meet other senior officials.

The agenda also includes exchanges with other authorities and visits to sites of scientific and socio-economic interest, among them LABIOFAM (Biological Pharmaceutical Laboratories) and Havana’s historic heart, declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1982.