President Hu wishes ailing Castro quick recovery
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-08-01 18:58
BEIJING -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday sent a message of good
wishes to Cuban leader Fidel Castro following his operation to treat an acute
intestinal problem.
On behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Chinese government, the
Chinese people and himself, Hu, also General Secretary of the CPC's Central
Committee, offered his sincere condolence to Castro and wished him a quick
recovery.
Castro said in a statement on Monday that the intense agenda of a recent trip
to Argentina had "caused an acute intestinal problem, with sustained bleeding,
which forced me to undergo a complex surgical operation."
The Cuban leader said in the statement, which was read out by his secretary
Carlos Valenciaga on the state television, that he would be "out of power for
several weeks" and had temporarily handed the presidency and the post as the
first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba to his younger brother Raul
Castro, who is the country's defense minister.
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