Algeria-Cuba: Health Minister leads Algerian delegation to Havana

ALGIERS- The minister of Health, Abdelhak Saihi, leads the Algerian delegation to the 23^rd meeting of the Algerian-Cuban Joint Commission of Economic, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation (February 13-15) in Cuba's capital, Havana, the ministry of Health said Sunday in a statement.
The meeting comes as a result of the visit Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez made to Algiers last November, as part of the "strengthening of the historical relations of friendship and solidarity between the two countries," the statement said.
Saihi, together with Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, Cuba's minister of Foreign Trade and Investment and co-chairman of the joint commission, will "assess the bilateral relations, and mainly the execution of the recommendations made in the previous session held in Algiers, in February 2019."
The minister will discuss "ways and means to boost cooperation and partnership in several sectors of common interest, and to extend them for the benefit of the two countries."
Havana's meeting will be an opportunity to "examine and sign a number of cooperation agreements and programmes in pharmaceutical industry, agriculture, higher education, youth issues, sports, tourism and culture, in addition to other sectors."
 
Algerian-Cuban joint cooperation commission meeting opens in Havana
ALGIERS- Health Minister Abdelhak Saihi co-chaired with the Cuban minister of Foreign Trade, Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, Monday, in Havana, the works of the Algerian-Cuban Joint Commission of Economic, Commercial, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation, the ministry of Health said Tuesday in a statement.
In an opening address, the Cuban minister wished that the meeting would be successful for the two sides, commending Algeria's support to his country, the statement said.
The minister of Health said the meeting was a "new milestone and an opportunity to promote the bilateral cooperation process and establish the tradition of coordination and consultation as part of the fields of common interest between the two friendly countries."
Representatives of various sectors of the two countries have taken part in the works discussing "cooperation projects in health, energy, mining, finance, industry, agriculture, trade, culture, youth issues, sports, tourism, craft industry, pharmaceutical industry and startups."