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Castro meets Angolan president
23/09/2007 19:32 - (SA)
Havana - Angolan President Jose Eduardo
dos Santos on Saturday became the first foreign dignitary since
early June to meet with convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro,
the government said on Sunday.
Dos Santos told the Cuban press he found Castro to be
"recovering, strong, enthusiastic".
A government statement said: "The two presidents analysed
the complicated problems that humanity is facing today, and
which fundamentally impact the people of the poorest nations."
Castro and dos Santos also discussed Cuba's role in Africa
during the hour and 45 minute meeting. Very thin
The official Juventud Rebelde newspaper's front page had a
large photo showing both men standing, smiling and shaking
hands.
Castro appears very thin in the photo and is dressed in a
bulky track suit.
Castro's last known foreign visitor was Vietnamese
Communist Party chief Nong Duc Manh on June 2.
Castro, 81, appeared on Cuban television on Friday for an
hour interview with a government journalist that squashed
rumours he was near death after not being seen in three months. 'Here I am'
"Here I am," Castro said, rebuffing those who have
speculated that he was at death's door, already dead or about
to die. "Nobody knows when he is going to die."
Castro, who took power on the Caribbean island in a 1959
revolution, handed over control to his younger brother Raul
on July 31 2006, after emergency intestinal surgery.
He has not appeared in public since then.
Instead, he has been seen in occasional photographs and
videos with visiting foreign leaders, always in a track suit,
and has published a steady stream of columns and essays in
state media over the past six months.
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