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Raúl receives delegation from U.S. Congress
Issues of interest to the two countries were discussed during the meeting
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and
Ministers, yesterday afternoon, February 21, received a delegation from the
United States Congress, led by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Thad
Cochran (R-Mississippi), including as well Senators Thomas Udall (D-New
Mexico) and Michael Bennett (D-Colorado), Representatives James McGovern
and Seth Moulton, Democrats from Massachusetts, as well as Jeffrey
DeLaurentis, acting chargé d'affaires at the U.S. embassy in Cuba.
Issues of interest to the two countries were discussed during the meeting.
Also participating on the Cuban side were Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez;
Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment; and Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, director
general for the United States for the Ministry of Foreign Relations.
Prior to this meeting, the Congressional delegation was received by Ministers
Rodríguez Parrilla and Malmierca Díaz, as well as Gustavo Rodríguez Rollero,
minister of Agriculture.