Havana, August 13 (RHC-ACN)-- Cuban Vice-President Salvador Valdes Mesa met Friday in Havana with his North Korean counterpart Choe Ryong Hae, who is here on a working visit.

The two leaders spoke about the friendship and cooperation between their governments, parties and peoples, in the year that both the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) and the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) held their respective seventh congresses.

Choe Ryong Hae gave the Cuban official a present sent by Kim Yong Un to Revolution leader Fidel Castro on his 90th birthday.

Participants in the meeting on the Korean side included Ambassador to Cuba Pak Chang and other officials. Cuban deputy Foreign Minister was also present.