Viaje al Exterior

Denmark and France, 1995

 

Denmark
Copenhagen
 
March 10
•    Arrival at the airport of Copenhagen.
•    Statements to Channel 2 of the Danish television.
 
March 11

•    Fidel attended the opening ceremony of the World Summit on Social Development, at the Bella Center.
•    Speech delivered at a meeting in solidarity with Cuba and South Africa, at the Falconer Center Theatre.
•    Fidel attended a reception hosted in his honor by Margaret II, Queen of Denmark.
 
March 12

•    Speech delivered at the World Conference on Social Development, at Bella Center.
•    Interview granted to the Cuban press, at Scandinavia Hotel.
 
France
 
Paris
 
March 13

•    Arrival at Paris airport.
•    Exchange with Danielle Mitterrand over breakfast at the headquarters of the France-Liberté Foundation.
•    Exchange with Francois Mitterrand during lunch at the Elysium.
•    Speech delivered at the UNESCO headquarters.
•    Conversation with Philippe Seguin, President of the National Assembly of France, at the parliament’s headquarters.
•    Conversation with Georges Marchais, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of France during a visit paid to his residence.
 
March 14

•    Tour around Les Invalides, the Louvre, the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte, Notre Dame, the Arch of Triumph and the Eiffel Tower.
•    Meeting with the French Patronage National Council.
•    Fidel attended a reception hosted by the Cuban Embassy at the Latin America House.
 
March 15

•    Visit to the headquarters of the organization France-Liberté.
•    Conversation held with Danielle Mitterrand and some entrepreneurs.
•    Press Conference given at the headquarters of the organization France-Liberté.
•    Tour around the Palace of Versailles.
•    Visit to the house of Victor Hugo.
•    Visit to the Orsay Museum.
 
Burgundy
 
March 16

•    Tour around Burgundy, the land of wine.
•    Exchange with Gerard Bourgoin during a visit to the headquarters of the agro-food society Bourgoin S.A.
•    Visit to Chablis.  Tour around the vineyards of Gerard Moreau, an important wine producer.
•    Words of gratitude pronounced during the visit to the wine cellar of Domaine Vocoret, where he was given an award granted by the city of Chailley.