Castro to address Cuban Assembly
Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 9:08 AM
Former Cuban president, Fidel Castro, is expected to address the Cuban national assembly this weekend, for the first time in four years.
Cuban state media say a special session of the assembly on international affairs, requested by Castro, will be held on Saturday.
Castro, who is 83, ceded power to his brother Raul in 2006 after falling ill.
He now says he has fully recovered and has made frequent public appearances over the past month.
The official announcement of the special parliamentary session does not mention Castro by name, or say who will be speaking.
In recent speeches, Castro has warned against what he sees as the danger of imminent nuclear war involving the United States, Israel, Iran and North Korea.
On Tuesday he made a direct appeal for world peace to US President Barack Obama.