Luanda - Angola ambassador to Cuba Maria Cândida Teixeira Thursday discussed aspects of bilateral cooperation during an audience granted by Cuban Foreign Affairs minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.
According to a note issued by the Angolan Embassy in Cuba, the meeting also served to assess the possibility of exchanging visits between the two countries' foreign ministers.
The note adds that the two diplomats considered the state of bilateral relations "excellent" and expressed the will to deepen political dialogue and expand economic and commercial ties.
The Cuban top diplomat twitted that "both peoples and governments maintain relations based on historical ties of fraternity, solidarity and cooperation."
Rodriguez Parrrilla congratulated Angola on holding the 10th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OEACP), in December in Luanda, adding that Cuba participated in the Summit with a high-level delegation.
While, the Angolan diplomat expressed the southern African nation’s commitment to support the Cuban presidency at the group of 77+ China.
This is a group of 134 countries, representing two-thirds of the members of the United Nations system and 80 percent of the world's population.
Angola and Cuba have ties in several strategic sectors and cooperate in education, health, agriculture and culture.
