Havana - The President of the Spanish Autonomous Community of Murcia, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, will pay an official visit to Cuba from May 18 to 22, the Cuban Foreign Ministry confirmed.

The visitor, according to a note published on the website of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (CubaMinrex), will hold official talks with the Vice President of the Council of Ministers Ricardo Cabrisas, among other activities.

The arrival of the President of the Autonomous Community of Murcia will take place hours after the departure of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo.

Garcia-Margallo arrived in Havana on last May 13 and held meetings with the Cuban President Raul Castro, with his counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, as well as with Cabrisas, with the Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca and with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rogelio Sierra. During the talks was confirmed the mutual interest in expanding bilateral cooperation between both countries.