Cuba, Honduras Sign
Maritime Treaty
Cuba and Honduras are
due to sign a Maritime
Delimitation Treaty on
occasion of President
Manuel Zelaya's visit to
this capital Tuesday, in
which he will meet with
Cuban First Vice
President Raul Castro.
This visit will be an
expression of the
cordial links, and it
falls within the
historic and deep ties
of brotherhood and
solidarity existing
between the Cuban and
Honduran peoples, Granma
newspaper reported
today.
Zelaya's agenda also
includes visiting
educational centers and
sites of scientific and
social interest.
Cuba and Honduras
reestablished diplomatic
relations in January
2002, but since 1998,
after the passing of
Hurricane Mitch, about
1,500 Cuban
collaborators have been
worked in that Central
American country.
Nearly 400 physicians
from the island are
currently working in
Honduras, while 1,000
young people from that
nation are studying in
this country, 500 of
them medicine. |
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