Viaje al Exterior

Africa, Asia and Portugal, 2001

 

Algeria
Algiers
 
May 5
•    Words pronounced upon arriving at the “Houari Boumediene” airport.
 
May 6

•    Fidel laid a wreath on the monument honoring the martyrs of the Algerian Revolution.
•    Visit to the Central Museum of the Army in Algeria.
•    Official talks with Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria, at the Presidential Palace.
•    Conversation with Bachir Boumaza, Presidente of the Council of the Nation at the Presidential Palace.
•    Conversation with Ali Benflis, Prime Minister of Algeria, at the Presidential Palace.
•    Speech delivered upon awarding Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria, and the “Jose Marti” Order, at the Presidential Palace.
•    Speech delivered during the official dinner hosted by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika at the Presidential Palace.
 
May 7

•    Meeting with the press during the farewell at the “Houari Boumediene” airport.
 
Iran
Teheran
 

•    Arrival at Mehavab international airport.
•    Meeting with Hojjatoleslam Seyed Mohamad Khatami, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, at the protocol lounge of the airport.
 
May 8
•    Words to the press, at the Palace of the Islamic Republic.
•    Official conversations with Hojjatoleslam Seyed Mohamad Khatami, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
•    Visit to the Mausoleum of Iman Khomeini.  Fidel laid a wreath on his tomb.
•    Meeting with the staff of the Biotechnology Center.
•    Meeting with Seyed Kamal Kharrazi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iran, at the protocol residence.
•    Fidel attended the official welcome dinner hosted in his honor.
 
May 9
•    Meeting with Hojjatoleslam Medi Karroubi, President of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament).
•    Meeting with the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.
•    Speech delivered at the Tarbiat Modarres University.
•    Lecture given at Teheran’s Islamic University.
 
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
 
May 10

•    Arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
•    Statement made upon his arrival at the city of Kuala Lumpur.
 
May 11
•    Fidel attended the official welcome ceremony, at the Parliament’s esplanade.
•    Words to the press, at the Renaissance Hotel.
•    Meeting with Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia, at the Renaissance Hotel.
•    Private talks with Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia, at his office in Putrajaya.
•    Official talks with Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia, at his office in Putrajaya.
•    Press conference on globalization and the international situation, at the Renaissance Hotel.
•    Fidel attended the official welcome dinner hosted in his honor.  He is awarded the Supreme Order of the National Crown by Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz at the King’s Palace.
 
Qatar
Doha  
 
May 13

•    Arrival at Doha’s international airport.
•    Fidel attended the official dinner hosted by His Highness Sheik Hamad bin Caliph Al-Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, at the Palace of Wajbah.
 
May 14

•    Official talks with Hamad bin Caliph Al-Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, at the Amiri Diwan Government Palace.
•    Speech delivered at the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.
•    Visit to the liquefied natural gas processing plant in the industrial zone of Rass Laffan.
•    Meeting with the Qatari press at the Intercontinental Hotel.
•    Interview granted to the TV network Al Jazeera from Qatar.
•    Fidel attended an official dinner.
 
Syria
Damascus
 
May 15 

•    Arrival at Syria’s international airport.
•    Welcome ceremony, at the People’s Palace.
•    Official talks with Bachar Al-Assad, President of the Syrian Arab Republic, at the People’s Palace.
 
May 16
•    Words addressed to the Syrian soldiers at the Ursallah Square, a mountainous region in Qsua, where the Cuban internationalist tank brigade was deployed.
•    Meeting with the press.
 
Libya
Tripoli
 

•    Arrival at the military airport of Al Matika.
•    Official welcome, at the Presidential House.
•    Visit to the former residence of President Muammar Al-Gadhafi, which was bombed in 1986 by US airplanes.
•    Official talks with President Muammar Al-Gadhafi.
•    Exchange with President Muammar Al-Gadhafi and brief meeting with the local press at the office of the Libyan leader.
 
Portugal
Lisbon
 
May 17

•    Arrival at Portugal’s airport.
•    Conversation with Antonio Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal.
•    Meeting with Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal, during an official dinner at the Belem Palace.
•    Exchange with the Cuban staff during his visit to the Cuban embassy in Portugal.
•    Meeting with the press.