[NYTr] Cuban VP Visits Tanzania

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Cuban VP Received by his Counterpart in Tanzania

Havana, Dec 12 (acn) Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo, who is visiting 
Tanzania since Tuesday, held official talks on Wednesday with his 
Tanzanian counterparts Ali Mohammed Shein.

During the meeting, both Vice Presidents reviewed the state of 
bilateral relations between both countries. Mohammed Shein recalled the 
historic friendship relations between his country and Cuba, of which 
the main inspirers were Cuban President Fidel Castro and Mwalimu Julius 
Nyerere, former President of the Republic of Tanzania (1964-1985).

Shein also thanked Cuba for its cooperation in the fields of education 
and healthcare, and he specially praised the work of the 23 Cuban 
experts who are providing medical services in several localities of 
Tanzania.

Esteban Lazo explained the main Cuban achievements and challenges 
facing the island and ratified his country's readiness to strengthen 
bilateral links.

On Thursday, Lazo and his delegation will travel to the Zanzibar 
archipelago, an autonomous part of Tanzania located off the coast of 
East Africa, in the Indian Ocean.

In Zanzibar, the Cuban delegation will be received by the President of 
that autonomous region Amani Abeid Karumeel, who recently visited Cuba.

Esteban Lazo is also scheduled to meet with Cuba medical brigade 
working there and to visit places of economic and historical interest.