Presidents Raul Castro and Jose Eduardo Dos Santos Held Official Talks in Luanda

Raul and Dos Santos addressed the implementation of current bilateral agreements, according to a report by Cuban TV. The Cuban head of state and his delegation arrived in Angola last Monday.

This new exchange between the two leaders and their delegations will boost the already fast development of bilateral cooperation between Cuba and Angola, two nations united by long years of struggle, Granma newspaper reported.

In statement to the press, Angola´s Health Minister Jose Viera Van Dunen said Cuba´s cooperation is crucial for his country to reach its objectives in the field of health. Since 2006, the number of Cuban collaborators in Angola has increased to over 2, 000. More than 1,000 of them work in the health sector, another 500 are professors.

Angola kicked off a national literacy campaign this year with Cuban assistance, while over 200 Angolan youths are studying in Cuban education centers; 140 of those youths are taking medical courses.

Cuban specialists have been teaching at five medical faculties in Angola since last year. The African country expects to graduate 500 new doctors by the year 2014.