[NYTr] Angolan President Visits Cuba

Thu Sep 20 16:16:23 EDT 2007

Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN)
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Angolan President Arrives in Cuba on Thursday

Havana, Sept 20 (acn) The President of the Republic of Angola, Jose 
Eduardo Dos Santos, arrives in Havana on Thursday afternoon for an 
official visit at the invitation of Cuban First Vice President Raul 
Castro.

The African leader travels accompanied by a delegation that includes 
ministers and high-ranking officials such as Foreign Minister Joao 
Bernardo de Miranda; the Minister of Public Works, Francisco Higinio 
Lopes Carneiro; Education Minister, Antonio Burity Da Silva Neto; 
Health Minister Anastacio Ruben Sikato; Water and Energy Minister Jose 
Botelho De Vasconcelos; and the State Secretary for Higher Education, 
Adao Gaspar Ferreira Do Nascimento.

According to Granma news daily, the visit of the Angolan president, 
which will conclude next Sunday, will contribute to the strengthening 
of the historic relations of brotherhood and cooperation that exist 
between Cuba and Angola.

As part of this official visit, both countries will sign a Protocol of 
Cooperation that will complement the Cooperation Agreement signed by 
the two governments in 1976.

During his stay on the island, Dos Santos will hold official talks with 
First Vice President Raul Castro. He will also tour places of historic 
and cultural interest and will pay homage to the Cuban internationalist 
soldiers who died in Angola fighting the Apartheid regime.

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AllAfrica.com - Sep 20, 2007
http://allafrica.com/stories/200709200436.html

President Eduardo Dos Santos Expected in Cuba Today

Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

The Angolan Head of State, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, is due to arrive
this Thursday afternoon in Cuba for a three-day visit, during which he
is to sign various co-operation accords and pay visits to historical
sites, Angop has learnt.

The two countries will also sign agreements in the fields of public
works and higher education, as well as draft a complementary protocol
to the one signed in 1976, which outlines the general understandings
and creates a the joint commission between the two countries.

Angolan experts already arrived in Cuba some days ago, like the Public
Works minister, Higino Carneiro, who travelled to that country two days
before the Head of State.

In Cuba, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos will pay homage to Cuban
soldiers who died in Angola and may also meet war veterans.

Cuba was one of the great allies of the Angolan government during the
cold war with its military presence that ended following the New York
Accords, which outlined the ceasing of aggressions by the then South
African apartheid regime against Angola, the subsequent independence of
Namibia and the abolition of apartheid.