-DATE- 19730918 -YEAR- 1973 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- APPEARANCE -AUTHOR- F. CASTRO -HEADLINE- VISIT TO PRAGUE -PLACE- PRAGUE -SOURCE- PRAGUE CTK -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19730918 -TEXT- Communique Reported Prague CTK in English 0830 GMT 18 Sep 73 L [Text] Prague Sept 18 CETEKA--An official communique on last night's short visit of Fidel Castro who came to Prague is carried by RUDE PRAVO today. It says that in the night hours of September 17, 1983, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party Central Committee and Prime Minister Fidel Castro stopped over in Prague on his way home from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. He was accompanied by Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, member of the Secretariat of the Cuban Communist Party Central Committee and deputy premier of the Cuban Revolutionary Government, and other Cuban representatives. At Ruzne Airport, the Cuban comrades were met by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Gustav Husak, Presidium member of the party Central Committee and Premier Lubomir Strougal, and other members and alternate members of the Presidium and the Secretariat of the Central Committee. Gustav Husak and Fidel Castro, and other members of the leadership of the two communist parties, exchange information on the situation in their parties and countries, assessed the present state of relations between them and discussed the most important topical problems of international development. Both sides noted with gratification that their cooperation is developing successfully and stressed the positive changes in the world, which are the result of the struggle against imperialism, colonialism and neocolonialism fought by progressive mankind, and of the peace policy of the Soviet Union and other countries of the socialist community. The communique says that complete identity of views was characteristic of their assessment of the present international situation. The two sides agreed that it is necessary to step up efforts for securing this favorable development, for accomplishing successfully the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and for ensuring a lasting peace, freedom, independence and security of nations and their right to self-determination in the other parts of the world. Both sides appreciated the results of the recent conference of non-aligned countries in Algeria. The Czechoslovak side underlined the important role which the delegation of the Republic of Cuba and Premier Fidel Castro personally played in defending the progressive and anti-imperialist principles of the policy of non-alignment at the conference. Comrades Gustav Husak and Fidel Castro stressed the necessity of deepening the close cooperation of all progressive, democratic and peace-loving forces against the forces of imperialism and reaction which are striving to reserve the positive development in the world. In this connection, they resolutely condemned the recent military putsch in Chile, in which the constitutional government was overthrown with the support of world imperialism and international reaction and basic democratic principles trampled upon. Both sides expressed firm solidarity with the Chilean people and the conviction that all defenders of democracy should launch a wide campaign of support for the people of Chile. Both sides also reaffirmed resolute support for the heroic peoples of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The Czechoslovak side highly appreciated the visit of Fidel Castro to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and liberated regions of South Vietnam. Both sides reaffirmed their solidarity with the people of Korea and Arab countries and with all nations struggling for safeguarding their freedom, independence, peace, democracy and social progress. -END-