Havana, Cuba - Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, met on Wednesday afternoon with former Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who is on a visit to Cuba.

Tackled during the cordial meeting were topics of mutual interest on the regional and international agendas as well as the historic relations uniting the two countries.

Accompanying the visitor was Miguel Angel Moratinos, former Minister of Foreign Affairs. Cuba was also represented at the meeting by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.

Prior to this meeting, Rodriguez Zapatero had been received by the Cuban Foreign Minister and by the acting Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Antonio Carricarte.