HAVANA.- The First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Salvador Valdés Mesa, received on Wednesday afternoon Comrade Choe Ryong Hae, Vice-Chairman of the State Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), member of the Committee of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and Vice-Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), who was on a working visit to Cuba.

During the meeting, both leaders noted the excellent state of relations between the two peoples, parties and governments.

The distinguished visitor was accompanied by Ryu Myong Son, deputy head of the International Relations Department of the DPRK Central Committee, and Pak Chang Yul, DPRK ambassador in Havana.

On the Cuban side were present Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Juan Carlos Marsán, Deputy Head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.