Mexico City, February 21 (RHC)-- Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo arrived in Mexico on Thursday to take part at the 14th bilateral Inter-parliamentarian forum at the Mexican Congress.

The Cuban delegation was welcomed at the Benito Juarez International Airport by Deputies Guillermo Sanchez, president of the Cuba-Mexico Parliamentary Friendship Group, and Heliberto Galindo, of the Commission of Foreign Affairs at the Lower House of the Mexican Parliament, Prensa Latina news agency reported.

Ambassador Dagoberto Rodriguez and other Cuban diplomats were also present.

In statements to reporters, Lazo expressed his pleasure to be in Mexico, a country that has shared historic bonds of friendship with Cuba, and he added that the meeting between legislators of the two nations will strengthen bilateral relations.