The French President Francois Hollande has met Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on a visit to Havana. The meeting came shortly after President Hollande called for an end to the US's embargo on Cuba saying it had badly damaged the island's development. Will Grant reports from Havana. ________________________________________________________________________________________ It is the first French head of state to visit Cuba in over a century. Francois Hollande has made a little history himself during this visit to Havana. Now, 88 years old, Fidel Castro only receives a very selected handful of dignitaries every year. But given the France never broke the relations with Cuba, even in the height of the Cold War, the French leader was always likely to meet the man who shaped modern Cuba for almost six decades. " 法国总统弗朗索瓦`奥朗德到访哈瓦那期间,会见了古巴革命领导人菲德尔`卡斯特罗.会议前,奥朗德总统呼吁终止美国对古巴禁运令,并表示它严重阻碍了古巴的发展. ___________________________________________________ 这是过去一个世纪以来,法国总统首次访问古巴,奥朗德也创造了历史.现年88岁的菲德尔`卡斯特罗每年挑选接见少量的政要人物,即使在冷战高峰时期也如此,法国领导人将近60年来,都一直希望会见这位创造了现代古巴的伟人.
