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Raúl receives President of Angola
Army
General Raúl Castro Ruz, president of the Councils
of State and Ministers, received, on the evening of
June 18, in the Palace of the Revolution, the
honorable José Eduardo dos Santos, President of the
Republic of Angola, who is on an official visit to
the country.
During
the meeting, both presidents reaffirmed the
excellent state of bilateral relations, as well as
emphasizing the historic ties of friendship which
untie both governments and peoples.
International issues of mutual interest were also
discussed.
Santos
was accompanied by Edeltrude Mauricio Fernandes
Gaspar da Costa, minister of State and head of the
Civil House; Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, minister
of Foreign Relations; Armando Manuel, minister of
Finance, Carlos Alberto Saravia, dilomatic and
cooperation advisor to the President and José César
Augusto “Kiluanji”, ambassador for Angola in Cuba.
Participating on the Cuban side were, Ricardo
Cabrisas Ruiz, vice president of the Council of
Ministers; Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, minister of
Foreign Relations, and Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz,
minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment; as
well as Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Callejas,
president of the Business Administration Group and
Gisela García Rivera, ambassador for Cuba in Angola.
After
concluding the official conversations and in the
presence of the two leaders, a Cooperation Agreement
between Angola and Cuba was signed by Georges Rebelo
Pinto Chikoti, minister of Foreign Relations and
Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, vice president of the Council
of Ministers.
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