Below is the list of foreign delegations attending the 21st Congress of the Japanese Communist Party, held between 22-26 September 1997. * Cuba: Communist Party of Cuba * Alberto Rodriguez Arufe, Vice Chief of Department of International Relations * El Salvador: Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front: * Hector Acevedo Moreno, Secretary for Art and Culture, Vice Secretary for International Relations * France: French Communist Party * Paul Lespagnol, Secretariat Member * Germany: Party of Democratic Socialism * Helmut Scholz, Coordinator of Peace and International Policy Working Group * India: Communist Party of India * A.B. Bardhan, General Secretary * Communist Party of India (Marxist) * Sitaram Yechury, Politburo Member * Italy: Communist Refoundation Party * Claudio Gras