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Castro on Chinese train
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-01-16 06:44
![Cuban President Fidel Castro on Saturday steps down from one of 12 diesel locomotives that arrived in Havana by ship from China a week earlier. China became Cuba's second-largest trading partner after Venezuela in 2005 exports to Cuba grew 95 per cent in the first 10 months of 2005 to over US$500 million, while imports rose 17 per cent to US$200 million, according to Yang Shidi, China's commercial counsellor in Havana. [Reuters]](xin_200103160652898172511.jpg)
Cuban President Fidel Castro (2nd L), Zhao
Rongxian, Chinese ambassador to Cuba (3rd L) and Carlos Manuel Pazo, Cuban
minister for transportation, sit together during an event celebrating the
arrival of 12 diesel locomotives from China, a week ago, in Havana January
14, 2006. China became Cuba's second-largest trading partner after
Venezuela in 2005. Chinese exports to Cuba grew 95 per cent in the first
10 months of 2005 to over US$500 million, while imports rose 17 per cent
to US$200 million, according to Yang Shidi, China's commercial counsellor
in Havana. [Reuters] |
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