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.