Raul Castro made his first foreign visit

Chairman of the State Council, Cuba's Raul Castro arrived with the first foreign visit as head of the country for Venezuela. The airport near Caracas 77-year-old Castro was warmly greeted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. After the meeting, both leaders laid wreaths at the tomb of the Venezuelan revolutionary and a fighter for the independence of South America, Simon Bolivar in the capital. It is expected that Chavez and Castro in the presidential palace to sign several bilateral agreements.

The Cuban leader sent from Venezuela to Brazil for a summit on regional integration, reports RBC.