China, Cuba sign military accords 

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In the spirit of the Non-Aligned Movement he helped found, Fidel has neatly
followed the visit to Cuba of Russia's President Putin with another visitor,
who isn't asking for loan repayments. The Chinese People's Liberation Army
Chief of Staff has begun his 5-day stay with the signing of a military
accord. (And Che Guevara isn't around for the US or the Russians to blame.)
At one stroke, Cuba sends a clear message to Moscow and to Washington, DC.
[IDEOLOGICAL BUZZ WORDS IN ARTICLE BELOW ARE INDICATED IN BRACKETS]


Thursday December 28 10:33 AM ET (via Yahoo)

Cuba, China Sign Military Cooperation Protocol

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba and China have signed an agreement to strengthen
cooperation between their armed forces, Cuban [STATE MEDIA] said Thursday.

The protocol was signed Wednesday by General Fu Quanyou, chief of the
General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and by his Cuban
counterpart, General Alvaro Lopez.

Fu Quanyou was on a five-day goodwill visit to the [COMMUNIST-RULED] Caribbean
island.

Cuba's Armed Forces Minister, General Raul Castro, brother of president
Fidel Castro, attended the signing ceremony.

Cuban media gave no details of the contents of the accord, saying only that
it was aimed at strengthening the "friendship" [sic; quotation marks in
original] between the armed forces of the two [ONE-PARTY COMMUNIST] states.

Until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Cuba's armed forces had a
close relationship with the Soviet military, who supplied arms, equipment
and training.

But over the last decade, Cuba and China have moved to deepen their
political and economic ties.

 
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