HAVANA, Cuba (AP) -- Prince Albert of Monaco met Tuesday with President
                  Fidel Castro during a five-day visit to discuss sports and other programs
                  between the two small countries.

                  Vice President Jose Ramon Fernandez, president of Cuba's Olympics Committee,
                  greeted the crown prince of the tiny Mediterranean principality upon his arrival
                  Monday night. Albert is head of the Olympics committee in his country and is a
                  delegate to the International Olympics Committee.

                  On Tuesday morning, he traveled to Cuba's Council of State to meet with
                  Castro.

                  Invited to attend an international sports conference here, the prince also will
                  inaugurate Monaco's consulate during his stay to Havana.

                  Also on his trip, Albert was visiting Cuba's Center of Genetic Engineering and
                  Biotechnology as well as the Latin American School of Medicine, which provides
                  free medical training free to people from other developing nations. The prince
                  also was meeting with Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque and Tourism
                  Minister Ibrahim Ferradaz.

                  Albert, a sports enthusiast, has competed in every Winter Olympics as a
                  bobsledder since 1988. He has been an IOC delegate since 1985.

                  Albert is next in line for the throne of Monaco, a five-square-mile principality on
                  France's Mediterranean Coast. His father, Prince Rainier, has governed Monaco
                  for half a century and his mother was the late American actress Grace Kelly.

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