RUSSIA HOLDS CLOSING CEREMONY FOR ITS RADAR STATION IN CUBA BBC Monitoring Service United Kingdom Text of report by Russian news agency RIA Moscow Global Archive Diciembre 29, 2001 The Russian Foreign Ministry reported the closure of the Russian radar centre in Cuba. A closing-down ceremony for the Russian Defence Ministry's radar base in the Cuban town of Lourdes was held on Friday 28 December, the Foreign Ministry's release, received by RIA-Novosti, says. Source: RIA news agency, Moscow, in Russian 1343 gmt 29 Dec 01 /BBC Monitoring/ © BBC. World Reporter All Material Subject to Copyright