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On the second and final day of work in Ottawa, the delegation headed by the First Vice President of Cuba's National Institute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation (INDER), Raúl Fornés Valenciano, held a fruitful and relaxed exchange at the headquarters of the Cuban Embassy in Canada, with the staunch friend Bill Ryan. The meeting was conducive to exploring ways to strengthen cooperation with Cuba and to once again convey admiration and gratitude to Bill for so many years of faithful friendship with the Cuban people.

On their second day of work in Quebec, the First Vice President of Cuba's National Institute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation (INDER), Raúl Fornés Valenciano, and the accompanying delegation, paid tribute to National Hero José Martí, at the bust located, along with monuments of other regional heroes, in the Latin America Park of this city.

Subsequently, they held a pleasant meeting with Maxime Lamarche, Managing Director of Baseball Quebec, and other directors of associations related to that sport. The mutual interest in exchange projects was confirmed.

The Cuban Ambassador in Monrovia, Dr. Indira López Argüelles, visited the headquarters of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, invited by its Minister a.i. J. Bryant McGill.

The Honorable Mr. Mcgill in charge of Sports Development issues, explained the projects planned by Liberia to promote athletes, the

importance of sports practice to control juvenile delinquency and the multiple necessities that Monrovia requires in the area of facilities, installment capacities and technicians.

The president of the Turkmenistan Boxing Federation, Aliasker Bashirov and the Cuban ambassador to this Central Asian nation, Alfredo Nieves Portuondo, valued the collaboration between the two countries.

The conversations took place in the Olympic Village of the Turkmen capital, where other managers of this sports discipline also attended.

The Cuban diplomat expressed the importance of the meeting and his pleasure for the interest shown by the Turkmen side to boost contacts between the two nations.