President Alvi lauds Cuban scholarship programme for Pakistani students for medical studies.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr. Arif Alvi has said decades old friendship between Pakistan and Cuba is based on shared ideals of respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, peaceful co-existence, equality and mutual benefit.

Vice President of Cuba, Roberto Morales Odeja called on President Dr. Arif Alvi on Wednesday in Islamabad. The President recalled the historic visit of revolutionary leader Che Guevara to Pakistan 60 years ago, as well as special contribution of President Fidel Castro to the fortification of Pakistan-Cuba relations.

The President thanked for Cuba's medical mission to assist the victims of 2005 earthquake and the subsequent scholarship programme for the Pakistani students for medical studies. He noted that the doctors, after graduating from Cuba, were playing a significant role in the health sector of Pakistan.

The President apprised the Cuban dignitary on the precarious situation in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir in...